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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 Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Almost
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
anchor
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
any
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
bottom
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
breath
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
canyon
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
chalet
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
danger
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
deep
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
difficulty
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
down
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
drifts
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
elevated
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
Exhausted
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
far
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
fear
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
few
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
forest
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
gone
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Granite
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
great
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Heaven's
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
Here
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
hour
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
Joe
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
kept
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
Lake
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
little
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
lonely
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
looked
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
losing
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
McDonald
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
Meanwhile
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
moments
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
noon
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Park
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
pass
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
pause
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
paused
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
Peak
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
pinnacle
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
plugged
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
plunged
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
reached
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Reaches
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
rosy-white
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
shadow-filled
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
Shelter
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
side
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
silent
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
snow
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
snowslides
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
sometimes
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
spotting
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
steadily
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
sunrise
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
tall
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Then
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
time
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
Tom
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From this reading and Reaches Shelter Almost Exhausted Meanwhile, Tom had been losing no time.
top
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
trail
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
trees
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From this reading Then he plunged down the trail, with little fear of snowslides on this side because of the trees to anchor the drifts, and in another hour reached the Lake McDonald trail at the bottom.
underbrush
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From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
wall
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
white
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From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here he paused a few moments for breath, and looked across the shadow-filled canyon to the great white pinnacle of Heaven's Peak, rosy-white with the sunrise.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without any pause, he plugged steadily along through the tall, silent, lonely forest, over such deep snow that he was elevated far above the underbrush and had difficulty sometimes in spotting the trail, and kept at it till noon.
yelled
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
zone
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From this reading An hour after he had yelled to Joe from the top of the danger zone on the wall, he had gone over the pass and reached the Granite Park chalet.
