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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 PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
alarm
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
answer
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From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
BURIED
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From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
Christine
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CONCLUDED
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convey
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Daae
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deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
discovery
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From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
flung
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From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
forget
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Grand
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From this reading Yes, buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
knew
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made
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meant
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monster
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NARRATIVEnounUS /ˈnærətɪv/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Yes or no!
now
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
Opera
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From this reading Yes, buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Yes or no!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
Paris
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From this reading Yes, buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera!
past
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PERSIAN'S
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present
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ruins
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said
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state
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From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
sufferings
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From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Yes, buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE PERSIAN'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We now knew all that the monster meant to convey when he said to Christine Daae:
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
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willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
Yes
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From this reading "Yes or no!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"