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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
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all
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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antiquity
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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bespeaking
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brim
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
centuries
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chambers
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chokingadjectiveUS /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ/
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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days
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deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
desolation
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differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
displacing
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
down
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dust
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
earth
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earthen
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
escaping
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evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
evidences
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eyes
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
finding
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flood
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From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
forced
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
fresh
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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funeral
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going
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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hail
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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heavier
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From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
Herculaneum
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From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
houses
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ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
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impossibility
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impressive
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
irresistible
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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kind
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like
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many
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months
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more
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mouths
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
nature
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new
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From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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out
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power
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rained
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From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
religion
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remote
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rolled
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From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
ruin
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From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
sea
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From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
searching
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secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
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sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
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skeletons
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
skulls
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
streets
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
stuffed
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From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
temples
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
there
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
tombs
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From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
traces
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traversing
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up
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
urns
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From this reading In the tombs, they forced the ashes of the dead from the funeral urns, and rained new ruin even into them.
vanished
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
vessels
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
way
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mouths, and eyes, and skulls of all the skeletons, were stuffed with this terrible hail.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In Herculaneum, where the flood was of a different and a heavier kind, it rolled in, like a sea.
wine
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
wine-cellars
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From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the wine-cellars, they forced their way into the earthen vessels: displacing the wine and choking them, to the brim, with dust.
wonder
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
years
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From this reading Next to the wonder of going up and down the streets, and in and out of the houses, and traversing the secret chambers of the temples of a religion that has vanished from the earth, and finding so many fresh traces of remote antiquity: as if the course of Time had been stopped after this desolation, and there had been no nights and days, months, years, and centuries, since: nothing is more impressive and terrible than the many evidences of the searching nature of the ashes, as bespeaking their irresistible power, and the impossibility of escaping them.
