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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 It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
ancients
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From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
approach
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
became
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
believed
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
black
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From this reading There are two kinds, the white and the black.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
cattle
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From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
caused
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
colour
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
day
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
death
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
deer
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
departed
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From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
died
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
difficult
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
dogs
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
domestic
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
dun
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
enclosures
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
endure
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
exposure
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
few
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
food
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
hardiest
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
hundreds
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
inability
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
kinds
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From this reading There are two kinds, the white and the black.
mangled
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
many
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
more
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
much
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
now
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
numbers
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From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
perfectly
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
perished
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From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
present
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
reduced
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
related
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
roan-and-white
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
sometimes
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
survivors
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From this reading The white (sometimes dun) are believed to be the survivors of the domestic roan-and-white, for the cattle in our enclosures at the present day are of that colour.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
There
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From this reading There are two kinds, the white and the black.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
two
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From this reading There are two kinds, the white and the black.
want
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished.
white
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From this reading There are two kinds, the white and the black.
wild
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
winters
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From this reading It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs.
wood
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From this reading The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer.
