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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 The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
applenounUS /apple/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
blinding
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
brightness
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
cliffs
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
crater
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
crater's
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
degrees
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
demonstration
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
Earth
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
edge
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
feet
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
floor
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
furnace-like
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
glaring
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
green
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
high
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
hung
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
infinitely
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
innumerable
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
jagged
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
less
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
like
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
made
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
many-colored
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
mid-sky
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
miles
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
monstrous
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
parts
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
pitch-dark
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
plain
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
sea
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From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The furnace-like sunshine made the plain beyond the shadow into a sea of blinding brightness.
shadowed
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
site
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
size
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
small
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
some
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
stars
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From this reading But above the edge of the cliffs the stars began; infinitely small and many-colored, with innumerable degrees of brightness.
sunlit
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
sunshine
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swollen
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From this reading The Earth hung in mid-sky like a swollen green apple, monstrous in size.
ten
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
terribly
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From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
thousand
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
twenty
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
walls
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From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sunlit parts of the crater's walls were no less terribly glaring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The site of the demonstration was the shadowed, pitch-dark part of the floor of a crater twenty miles across, with walls some ten thousand jagged feet high.
