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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 Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
back
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From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
bellowed
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
black
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
bulk
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
came
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
climbing
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
column
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
crescendo
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
Crouching
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
darkness
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
deafening
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
dull
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
ebbed
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
echoes
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
explosions
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
fading
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
fiery
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
finger
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
fire
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
front
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
Harbor
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
hardly
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
heavens
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
home
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
man's
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
Marslift
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
Martha
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
mounting
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
murmuring
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
new
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
night
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
off
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
old
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
out
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
pier
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
pointed
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
rocket-ship
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
rolled
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
rose
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
shoulder
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
sky
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From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
starry
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
starward
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
ThundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thunder rolled and bellowed across the night sky, mounting to a deafening crescendo.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
turned
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From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
unending
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From this reading And hardly had its echoes ebbed than the dull explosions came again, and another rocket-ship took off in the unending Marslift.
Up
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From this reading Up into the starry heavens rose a great black bulk, climbing starward on a column of fading fire.
Upper
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
vagueness
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
Wales
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From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
whispered
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From this reading He turned back to Martha, as she whispered to him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Crouching with Martha in the darkness of an old pier, with the murmuring black vagueness of the Upper Harbor in front of them, Wales looked over his shoulder at the fiery finger that pointed out to man's new home in the sky.
