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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 A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
accented
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
ado
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
always
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
appalling
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From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
brink
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
came
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
cleft
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
conveyed
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
courage
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
crash
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From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
darkness
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
deadly
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
declivity
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
doubly
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
down
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
drip
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
echoing
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From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
fall
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
fear
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
further
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
gorge
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From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
gutter
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
hand
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
hollow
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
horrible
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
impression
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
indeed
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From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
knife
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
laughed
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
looking
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
moment
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
moments
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
more
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
moving
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
noise
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
pipe
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
ravine
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
reason
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
reigned
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
rocks
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
ruin
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
scrambled
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
shiver
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
shook
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
slope
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
some
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From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
sound
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
Then
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From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
tinkle
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
torrent
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
up
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From this reading A chilly twilight reigned in the ravine, and the noise that came up from the ruin of the torrent seemed doubly accented by reason of it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the crash in this echoing gorge was appalling indeed.
water
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From this reading The sound of water moving in darkness has always conveyed to me an impression of something horrible and deadly, be it nothing of more moment than the drip and hollow tinkle of a gutter pipe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For some moments I stood on the brink of the slope, looking across at the great knife of the fall, with a little shiver of fear.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Then I shook myself, laughed, and without further ado took my courage in hand, and scrambled down the declivity and up again towards the cleft in the rocks.
