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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 Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
bathed
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
bawl
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
came
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
cattle
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
click
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
clicking
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
confused
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
consciousness
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
creation
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
discovered
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
dreams
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
drop
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
drowsily
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
early
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
enemies
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
fiddled
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
flood
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
glance
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From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
grasshoppers
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
hillside
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
joy
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
light
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
miraculously
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
o'clock
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From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
opposite
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
poured
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
rare
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
regular
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
rifles
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
Rockies
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
six
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From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
sources
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
stampede
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
Steve
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From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
sunshine
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
thirsty
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
triumphantly
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From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
untempered
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
watch
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From this reading A glance at his watch told him that it was six o'clock.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The hillside opposite was bathed miraculously in a flood of light, in which grasshoppers fiddled triumphantly their joy in life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Steve came drowsily to consciousness from confused dreams of a cattle stampede and the click of rifles in the hands of enemies who had the drop on him.
windmill
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From this reading The sources of his dreams discovered themselves in the bawl of thirsty cattle and the regular clicking of a windmill.
window
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
world
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From this reading The rare, untempered sunshine of the Rockies poured into his window from a world outside, wonderful as the early morning of creation.
