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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 Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
brain
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
case
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
cathedral
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
catwalks
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
changed
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From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
diabolicaladjectiveUS /ˌdaɪəˈbɑːlɪkəl/
extremely evil or frightening
From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
dome
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
echo
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
encircled
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
enslavement
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
far
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
fifteen
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
fifty
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
floor
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
form
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
four
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
fourteen
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
full
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
future
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
giant
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
going
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
history
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From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
hundred
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
ladders
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
lost
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
mankind
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
maze
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
outer
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
perimeter
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
plotted
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
rebounded
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
shattered
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
slope
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
Somewhere
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From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Somewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
thick
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to do that a history had to be changed--ours!
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
up
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
upward
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
Victor
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From this reading "Victor!"
view
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
voice
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
wall
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From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The echo rebounded from the maze of ladders and catwalks that went up and up until they were lost to view where the fifteen foot thick outer wall began its upward slope to form the giant dome.
wide
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From this reading Her voice shattered the cathedral silence, going the full four hundred and fifty foot perimeter of the fourteen foot wide floor that encircled the case of the _Brain_.
