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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.”
academynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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.”
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.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
blanket
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
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.
charcoal
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
clad
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
cloak
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
cold
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
day
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From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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.
domes
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
draped
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
East
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
Elric
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
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.”
fire
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From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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 A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
glass
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
Hall
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
incinerate
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From this reading “THERE ARE FIRES THAT do not need to burn to incinerate.
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.”
layering
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
Lecture
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
like
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
melt
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
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.”
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.
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.
now
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
panes
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
podium
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
professor-stood
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
refused
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
snow
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
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 A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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 Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
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.
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.”
unspoken
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
Valehart
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
Velmoraproper nounUS /vɛlˈmɔː.rə/
The ancient realm of memory magic and sacred archives.
From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
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.”
weight
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From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
white
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
Winter
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From this reading Winter draped a thick blanket of white snow over the glass domes of the academy, layering upon the cold panes like unspoken memories that refused to melt.
year
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From this reading A year had passed since the day the square of Velmora fractured beneath the weight of the ancient fire.
young
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From this reading Elric Valehart—now clad in the charcoal cloak of a young professor-stood at the podium of the East Lecture Hall.
