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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 It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
admitted
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
American
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
angle
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
any
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
apart
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
bare
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
Carquinez
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
city
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
Consequently
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
cradle
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
dim
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
diminishing
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
distinct
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
ditches
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
drawn
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
eastern
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
Excelsior
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
few
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
flumes
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
forest
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
Fork
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
fringe
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
gateways
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
gigantic
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
guarded
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
heart
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
Hercules
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
highway
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
individuality
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
infant
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
inferior
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
integrity
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
league
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
lesser
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
life-current
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
like
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
miners
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
monstrous
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
newly-born
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
North
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
off
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
outskirts
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
own
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
peculiarity
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
preserved
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
ranks
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
red
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
refreshed
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
river
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
sentinels
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
serpentine
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
serried
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
shadeless
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
singular
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
skirtednounUS /ˈskirted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
slipped
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
species
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
strangled
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
sycamores
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
there
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
trails
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
trees
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From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
turned
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From this reading It was here the newly-born city of Excelsior, still in its cradle, had, like an infant Hercules, strangled the serpentine North Fork of the American river, and turned its life-current into the ditches and flumes of the Excelsior miners.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
up
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From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
valley
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
waterednounUS /ˈwatered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of the dim trails were as monstrous as the serried ranks drawn up in the heart of the forest.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees.
willows
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From this reading Consequently, the red highway that skirted the eastern angle was bare and shadeless, until it slipped a league off into a watered valley and refreshed itself under lesser sycamores and willows.
Wood
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From this reading It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality.
