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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 USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
always
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
big
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
brilliant
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
carcasses
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
comes
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
creatures
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
early
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
eaten
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
find
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
furred
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
glorious
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
Gray
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
home
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From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
hunger
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From this reading It was the season of slaughter and not of hunger.
hunt
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
hunted
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
immediately
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
Kazan
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
marked
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
moon
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
mostly
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
mothers
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
night
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
northern
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was the season of slaughter and not of hunger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
own
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
padded
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
partly
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
partridges
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
rabbits
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
ridges
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
season
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
set
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
slaughter
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From this reading It was the season of slaughter and not of hunger.
spring
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
stars
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
summer
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
swamp
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From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
trail
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From this reading They hunted mostly at night and behind them they left a trail marked by the partly eaten carcasses of rabbits and partridges.
two
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
up
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
USURPERS
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
valley
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
wanderlust
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
way
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
west
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From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
windfall
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From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
winter
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From this reading They struck west from their winter home under the windfall in the swamp.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
Wolf
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From this reading THE USURPERS It was that glorious season between spring and summer, when the northern nights were brilliant with moon and stars, that Kazan and Gray Wolf set up the valley between the two ridges on a long hunt.
world
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
young-born
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From this reading It was the beginning of that _wanderlust_ which always comes to the furred and padded creatures of the wilderness immediately after the young-born of early spring have left their mothers to find their own way in the big world.
