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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 sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
afterwards
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From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
all
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From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
aloud
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
animals
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From this reading I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
back
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
bending
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
blade
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
came
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From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
closed
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
closes
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
days
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
diver
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
donkeys
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From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
Eldorado
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
existence
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
Expedition
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
fate
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From this reading I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
few
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
fright
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
grass
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
leaning
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
less
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From this reading I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
low
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
news
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From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
out
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
painfully
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
patient
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
pretending
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
ridiculous
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
sea
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From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
shadows
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
sheer
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
side
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
single
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
slowly
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
station
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
sun
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
swore
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
tall
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
then
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
together
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
trailed
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
tugging
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
turned
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From this reading “They swore aloud together—out of sheer fright, I believe—then pretending not to know anything of my existence, turned back to the station.
two
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
unequal
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
uphill
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From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
valuable
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From this reading I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading “In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness, that closed upon it as the sea closes over a diver.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The sun was low; and leaning forward side by side, they seemed to be tugging painfully uphill their two ridiculous shadows of unequal length, that trailed behind them slowly over the tall grass without bending a single blade.
