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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 Their reception was in the nature of a pageant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
back
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
Beresford
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From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
BesideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
capering
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
cariole
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
crowd
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
dogs
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
down
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
dragged
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
dressed
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
eyes
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
face
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
Faraway
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
fathers
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
Gayly
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
GUERRE
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
handed
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
hate
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
head
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
heavy
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From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
Inspector
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
MacLean
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
MALBROUCK
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
man-hunters
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
matted
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
messages
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
Mounted
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
mushing
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From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
nature
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From this reading Their reception was in the nature of a pageant.
North-West
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
old
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
pageant
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From this reading Their reception was in the nature of a pageant.
person
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
present
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
reception
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From this reading Their reception was in the nature of a pageant.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
river
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
S'EN
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
sat
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From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
sending
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
sidling
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
singing
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
slouched
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
songs
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their reception was in the nature of a pageant.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
tied
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
town
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
trappers
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
two
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
unfit
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From this reading In it sat Beresford, still unfit for long and heavy mushing.
unharnessed
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
VA-T-EN
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From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
voyageurs
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From this reading Gayly dressed voyageurs and trappers, singing old river songs that had been handed down to them from their fathers, unharnessed the dogs and dragged the cariole into town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
West
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From this reading Beside it slouched West, head down, hands tied behind his back, the eyes from the matted face sending sidling messages of hate at the capering crowd.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE" Inspector MacLean was present in person when the two man-hunters of the North-West Mounted returned to Faraway.
