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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 master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
Advancing
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
bearing
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
belt
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
bright
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
burnishing
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
came
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
cataract
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
chamber
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
cliff
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
cloaked
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
Colonel
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From this reading Colonel Verney was the first to speak.
crags
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
curtly
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
depending
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
face
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
feet
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
figures
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
filling
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
fire
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
fired
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Verney was the first to speak.
followed
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
gazed
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
getting
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
hand
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
hillside
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
interview
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
knocked
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
leaflessadjectiveUS /ˈliːfləs/
having no leaves, usually because of the season
From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
light
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
mass
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
master
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
meet
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
negro
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
overseer
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
parties
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
pipe
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
Regulus's
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
rocky
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
said
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
semblance
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
speak
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From this reading Colonel Verney was the first to speak.
sprang
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From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
stones
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
stuck
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
three
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
torch
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
up
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From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
VALE
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From this reading VALE The overseer knocked the ashes from his pipe and stuck it in his belt.
Verney
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From this reading Colonel Verney was the first to speak.
vine
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From this reading Advancing to meet them, he took the torch from Regulus's hand and fired a mass of dead and leafless vine depending from the cliff.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Colonel Verney was the first to speak.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading "The master," he said curtly, getting to his feet as three cloaked figures, followed by a negro bearing a torch, came up the hillside and into the waste of stones beneath the crags.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the bright light which sprang up, filling the rocky chamber and burnishing the face of the crags into the semblance of a cataract of fire, the parties to the interview gazed at one another in silence.
