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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 saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
air
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
Anthony
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From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
anticipated
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From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
away
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
black
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
came
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
chime
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
clock
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
colour
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
dark
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
death
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
deep
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
delicate
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
faint
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
far
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
feet
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
gloves
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From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
go
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From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
gorge
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
hardly
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
heads
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From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
heaving
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
hills
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
impenetrably
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
Jenny
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From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
measure
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
minutes
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
nine
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
office
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
Oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
out
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
overhead
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
post
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
presently
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
REFUSED
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
RIGHTS
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
rock
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
saffron
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
self-possession
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
sense
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
sitting
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
sky
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
sloping
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
some
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
stars
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
steep
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
striking
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From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
talking
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the delicate air came a faint chime from far away behind them, the clock at the post office striking nine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
transcendent
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
uncovered
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From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
valley
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
vestige
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From this reading The saffron sky had hardly a vestige of colour left, stars were out overhead, the gorge at their feet might have been the valley of death itself, so impenetrably deep and dark it looked, with the steep, black hills heaving out of it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both heads were uncovered, and, as Anthony had anticipated, gloves were not required.
whispered
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From this reading "Ought we not to go?" whispered Jenny.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
WOMAN'S
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From this reading WOMAN'S RIGHTS REFUSED The transcendent minutes passed, and presently found them sitting under their sloping rock, talking with some measure of sense and self-possession.
