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alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.
bull
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.
CALL
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
Day
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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.
days
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
feasting
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
flesh
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
Followed
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
forests
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
frozen
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
Gray
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
hunting
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From this reading There was hunting now.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
Kazan
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
lure
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
now
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From this reading There was hunting now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
off
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
old
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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
rose
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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.
swamps
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
temperature
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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
There
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From this reading There was hunting now.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
tried
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
vain
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
wanted
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From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was hunting now.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.
Wolf
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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.