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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 DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
all
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
always
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
beautiful
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
begin
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
big
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
birth
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
blackness
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
blinded
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
bondage
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
career
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
certain
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
cutting
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
dates
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
DAYS
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
events
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
fast
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
fight
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
FIRE
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
fires
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
followed
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
forget
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
foundation-step
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
freedom
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
gray
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
Kazan
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
killed
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From this reading He in turn had killed the lynx.
leader
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
less
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
like
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
lynx
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
man
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
marriage
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
mate
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
night
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
old
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
other
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
out
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
pack
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
pieces
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
pups
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
remembered
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
Rock
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
sledge-dog
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
some
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
stand
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
Sun
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
there
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From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
things
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
top
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
torn
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
tragedies
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
turn
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From this reading He in turn had killed the lynx.
two
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
vividly
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From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE DAYS OF FIRE From the night of the terrible fight with the big gray lynx on the top of the Sun Rock, Kazan remembered less and less vividly the old days when he had been a sledge-dog, and the leader of a pack.
wolf
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From this reading The first was the fight on the Sun Rock, when the big gray lynx had blinded his beautiful wolf mate for all time, and had torn her pups into pieces.
Wolf's
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From this reading But as man dates events from his birth, his marriage, his freedom from a bondage, or some foundation-step in his career, so all things seemed to Kazan to begin with two tragedies which had followed one fast upon the other after the birth of Gray Wolf's pups.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would never quite forget them, and always there would stand out certain memories from among the rest, like fires cutting the blackness of night.
