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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 For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
agonizing
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
all
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
appalling
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
assemblage
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From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I remember I sat up in the darkness staring at it.
basin
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
black
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
broods
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
crouched
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
darkness
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
effects
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
futility
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
gather
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
gaunt
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
Get
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From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
gigantic
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
grisly
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
headway
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From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
heap
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
hill
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
horror
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From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I remember I sat up in the darkness staring at it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
jagged
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
like
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
monstrous
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From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
moonshine
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
murmuring
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From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
out
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
proportions
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From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading I remember I sat up in the darkness staring at it.
rock
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
rose
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
sat
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From this reading I remember I sat up in the darkness staring at it.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
staring
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From this reading I remember I sat up in the darkness staring at it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
There
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From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
things
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From this reading I found myself murmuring: "Get the proportions of things, get the proportions of things!"
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time my mind could make no headway against its monstrous assemblage of horror.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
up
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
watches
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From this reading That rock rose up and crouched like something that broods and watches.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was something in that jagged black hill against the moonshine and the gigantic basin of darkness out of which it rose that seemed to gather all these gaunt and grisly effects into one appalling heap of agonizing futility.
