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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 As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
admiration
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
all
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
battled
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
beasts
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
belly
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black
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
bridges
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
chaos
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
coomb
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crops
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
darkness
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
desolated
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destroyed
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down
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
drowned
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
elements
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
fields
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
flaming
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
floating
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foaming
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
forked
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
front
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
full
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
hand
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
hay
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
heart
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
held
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
heralded
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
hiss
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
hollowed
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
horror-strickenadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrər ˌstrɪkən/
suddenly filled with extreme fear
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
hurricane
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
hurried
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
imagined
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
incarnate
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
jagged
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
land
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
launched
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
lighted
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
lightning-lighted
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
lightnings
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
like
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
livid
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
lost
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
mad
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
majestic
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
manifestation
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
massed
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
million
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
music
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
Nature's
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
off
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
only
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
orchards
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
organ
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
phenomena
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preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
prompted
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
rags
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
rain
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
ran
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
river
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
roads
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
roots
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
ruin
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
saw
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scattered
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
Screaming
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
sea
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SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
soil
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some
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
sound
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
straight
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
sweeping
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swollen
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From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
tearing
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
tons
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
tore
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
torn
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
torrent
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
upward
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
valley
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From this reading Screaming like some incarnate and mad manifestation of all the elements massed in one, the hurricane launched itself upon that valley.
wall
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The swollen river was lost in the torrent of it; and the hiss of the rain was drowned by its sound.
wasted
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From this reading They only saw ruin tearing at the roots of the land; they only imagined drowned beasts floating before them belly upward, scattered hay hurried to the sea, wasted crops, a million tons of precious soil torn off the fields, orchards desolated, bridges and roads destroyed.
watchers
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From this reading So Nature's full, hollowed hand ran over lightning-lighted to the organ music of the thunder; but for these horror-stricken watchers the majestic phenomena sweeping before them held no splendor and prompted no admiration.
water
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
yellow
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From this reading As a wall the wind heralded the water, while forked lightnings, flaming above both, tore the black darkness into jagged rags and lighted a chaos of yellow foaming torrent which battled with livid front straight down the heart of the coomb.
