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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 THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
basin
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
boggy
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
camping
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
Clarke's
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
covered
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
creek
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
cross
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
difficult
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
directions
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
dry
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
entered
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
fallen
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
find
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
fortnight
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
grew
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
ground
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
heavy
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
hills
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
hollow
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
horrible
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
indicated
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
intolerably
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
later
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
lay
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
loads
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
low
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
men
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
mire
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
morass
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
more
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
MUSKEG
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
often
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
pines
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
plodded
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
pools
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
progressed
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
pushed
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
ranges
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
receded
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
road
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
rotting
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
sluggish
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
small
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
some
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
spot
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
stubbornly
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
tangles
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
there
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From this reading Every here and there some had fallen and lay in horrible tangles among pools of mire.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
thickly
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
traverse
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
two
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From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
valley
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From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE MUSKEG It was a fortnight later when the party entered a hollow between two low ranges.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Still Clarke's directions had plainly indicated this valley as their road, and they stubbornly pushed on, camping where they could find a dry spot.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
widened
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From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hills receded as they progressed, the basin widened and grew more difficult to traverse, for the ground was boggy and thickly covered with small, rotting pines.
wound
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From this reading A sluggish creek wound through the hollow and the men had often to cross it, while as they plodded through the morass they found their loads intolerably heavy.
