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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 track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
afterwards
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
angle
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
blotch
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
broke
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
came
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
crags
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
crust
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
dark
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
declivity
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
down
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
dry
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
dust
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
easy
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
find
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
folds
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
Foster
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
glittering
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
got
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
hill
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
hills
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
hour
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
loose
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
made
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
miles
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
mouth
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
opening
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
past
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
ran
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
roof
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
scarcely
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
slippery
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
slope
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
small
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
snow
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
snowshed
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
soon
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
sun
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
tall
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
there
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
trees
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From this reading Where it ran past tall crags and between the trees, the snow was dry and loose as dust.
two
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From this reading They made something over two miles in the first hour and soon afterwards came to the mouth of a snowshed.
very
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
walking
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From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Foster got past, but did not find walking easy when he had done so.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
wound
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From this reading The track wound among the folds of the hills, and where the sun had struck the snow there was a slippery crust, through which he broke.
wrinkle
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From this reading The opening made a dark blotch on the glittering slope, for the roof was pitched at a very small angle to the declivity and the snow passed down hill over it with scarcely a wrinkle.
