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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 KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
adobe
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
Arizona
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From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
aroused
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
breeze
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
builder
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
camp
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
cow
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
desert
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
destinies
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
dreaming
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From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
dreams
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From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
empire
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
fast
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From this reading Rumors flew thick and fast.
finance
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
flew
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From this reading Rumors flew thick and fast.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
hive
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
imagination
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
industry
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
KIDNAPPED
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
lake
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
languor
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
longer
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
Mesa
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
metropolis
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
mighty
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
molder
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
Pacific
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
pirate
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
ripples
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
Rumors
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From this reading Rumors flew thick and fast.
saw
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
Simon
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
sleepy
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
Southwestern
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
stirred
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
summer
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
system
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
thick
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From this reading Rumors flew thick and fast.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
touch
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
town
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From this reading For the little Arizona town was dreaming dreams.
transforming
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
twentieth-century
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
unfeatured
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From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
usual
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
village
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
visit
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
wand
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From this reading The great Simon West, pirate of finance, empire builder, molder of the destinies of the mighty Southwestern Pacific system, was to touch the adobe village with his transforming wand and make of it a hive of industry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
West
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From this reading KIDNAPPED As a lake ripples beneath a summer breeze, so Mesa was stirred from its usual languor by the visit of Simon West.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Its imagination had been aroused; and it saw itself no longer a sleepy cow camp in the unfeatured desert, but a metropolis, in touch with twentieth-century life.
