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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 But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
abandoned
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From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
affair
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From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
Alaska
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
also
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
ascending
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
bed
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
butcher's
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
canyons
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
chaparral
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
city
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
crossed
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
day
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
Daylight
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
dense
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
dryer
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
eastern
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
enjoyed
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From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
experience
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
forest
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
growth
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
half-hour's
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From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
hills
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
horse
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
horseback
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
impossible
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
Instead
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
luxuriant
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
mainly
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
matters
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
Monday
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
old
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
penetrate
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
plentiful
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
quartz-mining
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
recrudescence
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
rented
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
returning
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
rockier
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
scramble
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From this reading The mine was an abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half-hour's scramble around.
scrubby
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
slopes
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
supported
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From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
valley
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From this reading Instead of returning to the city on Monday, Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern hills to look at the mine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
water
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From this reading But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was dryer and rockier here than where he had been the day before, and the ascending slopes supported mainly chaparral, scrubby and dense and impossible to penetrate on horseback.
wisdom
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From this reading He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
