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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 He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
bare
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
Barlow
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
befall
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
breakneck
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
CABIN
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
called
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
delirium
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
driveway
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
ended
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
especial
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
feet
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
fever
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
following
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
gesture
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He must obey!
HERDER'S
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
home-piece
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
human
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
idea
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
imbued
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
Jim
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
Leon
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
mesa
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
mountains
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must obey!
obey
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From this reading He must obey!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
off
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
once
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
peak
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
road
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
room
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
run
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
San
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
seeking
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
set
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
SHEEP
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
smooth
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
some
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
speech
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
speed
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
strayed
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From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
unconsciously
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From this reading He set off at a run, his bare feet unconsciously seeking the smooth driveway of the home-piece, and following it at breakneck speed till it ended in the road below the mesa.
using
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
warning
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From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture--warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him.
