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aglare
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From this reading Theatres and 'movies' are aglare.
also
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From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
amusement
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From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Theatres and 'movies' are aglare.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why this theophany, or how the gods have got out to perform their various 'stunts' on the _flammantia moenia mundi_, is not asked by their incurious devotees.
baseball
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Broadway
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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Cars
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challenges
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clangs
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cry
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curves
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Daisy
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devotees
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dingily
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down
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Elevated
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flammantia
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glittering
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gods
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From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
Good-night
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got
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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how
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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incurious
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
mighty
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From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
moenia
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movies
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From this reading Theatres and 'movies' are aglare.
mundi
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news
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newsboys
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Nineveh
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From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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Nurse
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O
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obscure
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Why this theophany, or how the gods have got out to perform their various 'stunts' on the _flammantia moenia mundi_, is not asked by their incurious devotees.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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out
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
overhead
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perform
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perilously
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sands
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She's
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shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
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shriek
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some
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spreads
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street
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stunts
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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Theatres
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From this reading Theatres and 'movies' are aglare.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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theophany
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
ThinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "O Nineveh, are these thy gods, Thine also, mighty Nineveh?"
tide
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From this reading Through Broadway the dingily glittering tide spreads itself over the sands of 'amusement.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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train
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various
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wail
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Why
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wits
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worry
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