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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 That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
air
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
Alaskan
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
BesidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
bite
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
blew
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they did not dispute her.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
conjure
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
crying
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But they did not dispute her.
dispute
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From this reading But they did not dispute her.
dogs
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
ears
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
frost
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
frozen
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
heal
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
heard
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But they did not dispute her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
knew
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
lament
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
lift
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
like
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
magazines
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
mournful
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
newspapers
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
night
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
north
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
northland
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But they did not dispute her.
obviously
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
often
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
past
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
photographs
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
published
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
read
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
restlessness
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
saw
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From this reading Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.
severely
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
softly
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
some
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
sometimes
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
speculated
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
There
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But they did not dispute her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
tips
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
tried
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
up
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From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They often speculated over his past, and tried to conjure up (from what they had read and heard) what his northland life had been.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
Wolf's
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From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
wolf-howl
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From this reading That the northland still drew him, they knew; for at night they sometimes heard him crying softly; and when the north wind blew and the bite of frost was in the air, a great restlessness would come upon him and he would lift a mournful lament which they knew to be the long wolf-howl.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.
