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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 When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
admiration
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From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
alluded
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
awakened
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From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
cattle
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From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
commander
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
comrade
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
curse
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
day
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From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
difficulty
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From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
down
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From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
ease
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
encounter
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
endless
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
epitaph
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
exist
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
explorers
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
followed
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
forest
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
fresh
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From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
grand
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
grasses
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
herd
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
luxuriant
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
nature
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
now
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
own
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
parks
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
possibly
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
quitted
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
raptures
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From this reading Each day awakened fresh raptures of admiration.
regathered
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From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
region
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
robbed
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
rudest
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
savannahs
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
scene
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
slot
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
stock-rider
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
tracked
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From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
virgin
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From this reading In the virgin forest no slot but their own could possibly exist.
waving
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From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
well-fed
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From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But the rudest stock-rider never alluded to the ease with which they now followed the well-fed herd, without a curse (in the nature of an epitaph) upon those who had robbed them of a comrade and a commander.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When they quitted the scene of their encounter, the explorers passed into a region of grand savannahs and endless forest parks, waving with luxuriant grasses.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The cattle were tracked down and regathered without difficulty.
