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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 They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
apart
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
ash
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
battle
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
blades
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
blinding
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
blowing
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
brave
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
burnverbUS /bɜːrn/
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
charms
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
clashing
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
cold
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
crevice
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
dense
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
dimensions
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
down
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
dust
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
enough
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
entity
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
exhalation
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
final
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
fire
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
FIRESnounUS /ˈfaɪərz/
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
fractured
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
gray
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
incinerate
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From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
just
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
keeper
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
light
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
lived
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
magical
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
matrices
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
more
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
nostalgia
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
only
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
raining
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
red
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
resembling
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
roaring
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
ruined
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
secrets
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
settled
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
shade
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
shattering
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
shrieking
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
sky
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
square
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
stone
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
suffocating
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From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
tearing
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From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
THATconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
THERE
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From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
thick
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
too
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
unearthed
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From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
unextinguished
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
Velmoraproper nounUS /vɛlˈmɔː.rə/
The ancient realm of memory magic and sacred archives.
From this reading The sky above Velmora was not just gray; it was a dense, suffocating shade of ash mixed with nostalgia, raining down fine dust that settled into every crevice of the ruined stone.
walk
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From this reading They only need a memory, a keeper, and someone brave enough to walk through the unextinguished ash.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no more battle—no shrieking of magical blades clashing against ancient matrices, no roaring of dimensions tearing apart, and no blinding red light of shattering fire charms.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was only a cold, thick wind blowing across the fractured square, resembling the final exhalation of an entity that had lived too long with secrets that should never have been unearthed.
