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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 know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
apart
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
away
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
Bisesa
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
Broke
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
closed
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
crowding
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
cry
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From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
doors
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
Er-Heb
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
fear
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
filled
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
flood
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
hewn
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
horror
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
Howbeit
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
lashing
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From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
leaves
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
like
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
louder
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
men
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
mist
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
only
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From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
others
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
palms
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
Perplexed
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
pitifully
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
prayed
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
price
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
put
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
rain
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
rent
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
rose
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
sang
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
say
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
Shrine
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
Some
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
song
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From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
spare
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
stone
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
succour
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
Taman
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From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
there
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From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
thrice
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the third time she cried and put her palms Against the hewn stone leaves, and prayed Taman To spare Er-Heb and take her life for price.
Unlighted
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
up
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From this reading Howbeit, in the morning men rose up, Perplexed with horror, crowding to the Shrine.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
Valley
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
very
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From this reading Some say that from the Unlighted Shrine she cried For succour, very pitifully, thrice, And others that she sang and had no fear.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And some that there was neither song nor cry, But only thunder and the lashing rain.
washed
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
watched
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From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They know who watched, the doors were rent apart And closed upon Bisesa, and the rain Broke like a flood across the Valley, washed The mist away; but louder than the rain The thunder of Taman filled men with fear.
