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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
aparejos
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
bench
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
bunk
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
buried
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
cabin
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
CARGADOR
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
corner
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
crowded
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
dawn
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
death
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
deep
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
degrees
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
double
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
drifts
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
eaves
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
end
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
Fiercely
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
filling
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
finished
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
frosted
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
glittered
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
glow
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
gradually
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
harness
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
hundred-and-four-mile
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
hush
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
icicles
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
Kate's
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
knee
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
lay
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
leather
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
light
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
moonlight
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
Mrs
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
Narrative
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
nearly
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
new
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
night
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
only
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
Pete
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
pines
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
resented
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
rolling
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
room
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
said
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
sat
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
scarcely
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
scrap
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
scratched
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From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
shiny
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
silver
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
sixty
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
sleep
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
smoke
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
stacked
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
stitches
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
stronghold
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
tautened
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
up
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
waxed
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From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Fiercely she resented the filling of her only room with harness, of her bunk with scrap leather, which scratched her, she said.
window
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From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within, Pete sat upon his shiny bench, rolling waxed end upon his shiny knee, and tautened his double stitches through the night, scarcely feeling the need of sleep.
wood-box
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From this reading His new _aparejos_, stacked as they were finished, had gradually crowded poor Mrs. Pete into her last stronghold, the corner between the wood-box and the bunk.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The moonlight lay in silver on the pines, the hundred-and-four-mile cabin, deep buried among the drifts, glittered along the eaves with icicles, the smoke went up into the hush of death, and the light in the frosted window would glow till nearly dawn.
zero
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From this reading THE CARGADOR _Kate's Narrative_ It was sixty degrees below zero.
