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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 Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
ability
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
actuality
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
brutality
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From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
companionship
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
dismal
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
dominate
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
enough
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From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
exposing
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
fact
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
fixed
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
forest
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
got
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
impassive
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From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
keep
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
letter
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
man's
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
Nature
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From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
newspapers
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
out
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
outwit
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
pathless
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
person
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From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
pitiless
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From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
pleasure
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
read
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
soothing
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
stolid
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From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
stumbled
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
superiority
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
There
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From this reading There is an impassive, stolid brutality about the woods that has never been enough insisted on.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
tried
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From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
trouble
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From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
unresponsive
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From this reading Nature is so pitiless, so unresponsive, to a person in trouble!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I tried to keep my mind fixed upon the fact of man's superiority to Nature; his ability to dominate and outwit her.
whole
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
woods
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From this reading I had read of the soothing companionship of the forest, the pleasure of the pathless woods.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
write
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From this reading But I thought, as I stumbled along in the dismal actuality, that, if I ever got out of it, I would write a letter to the newspapers, exposing the whole thing.
