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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
alive
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
ANCHOR
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
back
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
bench
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
break
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
dared
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From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
drunk
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
edge
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
fall
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
feet
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
floor
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
followed
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
get
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
go
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From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
horse
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
hundred
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
hungry
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
husband
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
Kate's
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
kitchen
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
lands
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
lying
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
miles
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
Narrative
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
place
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
ranch
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
risk
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
river
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
rocks
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
searching
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
seeing
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
sheer
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
SHIPS
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
some
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
taken
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
There
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From this reading There must be nothing to break the fall, no risk of being alive, of being taken back there, of seeing him again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
too
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From this reading I was hungry too, but dared not go.
twelve
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From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
TWO
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
up
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
wanted
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From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TWO SHIPS AT ANCHOR _Kate's Narrative_ My horse was hungry, and wanted to get back to the ranch.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For miles I had followed the edge of the bench lands, searching for the place, for the right place, some point where the rocks went sheer, twelve hundred feet into the river.
woke
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
worse
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From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I had left my husband lying drunk on the kitchen floor, and when he woke up it would be worse than that.
