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accents
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
acridadjectiveUS /ˈæk.rɪd/
Having an unpleasantly bitter or pungent taste or smell.
From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
ammonia-and-methyl
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
anarchical
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
beat
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
bulbous
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
burrows
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
capitol
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
Ceresta
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
city
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
clacking
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
cones
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
creatures
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
domes
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
drums
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
dwellings
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
echoing
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
Fantay
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
fed
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
flat-roofed
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
fuel
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
gas
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
grub-like
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
Hive-like
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
llorin
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
Mah'ham
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
men
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
Mercurian
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
out
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
outlaw
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
own
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
Pervod
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
Pluto's
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
Port
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
reptilian
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
Rhea's
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
rhythm
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
Rings
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
rocket
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
Rogek
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
rose
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From this reading Hive-like Mercurian domes rose amid the flat-roofed dwellings of the _llorin_.
Royal
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
Saturn
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
savage
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
sibilances
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
smell
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
spider
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
spires
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From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
spoke
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
sprawling
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
stink
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
swamplands
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
There
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From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
Throbbing
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
Transmi
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
voices
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From this reading Throbbing _Transmi_ drums beat out their savage rhythm, echoing over voices that spoke in Pluto's clacking accents and the reptilian sibilances of creatures from the ammonia-and-methyl swamplands of Saturn and the Rings.
void
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was the acrid smell of Rogek gas and rocket fuel--and the stink of the bulbous, grub-like _Mah'ham_ that fed on their own dead.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here were burrows of Rhea's spider men, and _Pervod_ cones, and _Fantay_ spires.
worlds
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From this reading Ceresta: Port Royal of the void; sprawling, anarchical capitol city of the outlaw worlds.
