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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 Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
ago
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
back
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
Black
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
boarding-house
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
boy
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bright
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
came
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
cleaner
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
days
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
deeper
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
delectable
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From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
departed
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
dirty
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
down
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
eagerness
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
eyes
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
Far
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
foregathering
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
grown
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
Jack's
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
Juan
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
just
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
land
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
lap
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From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
man
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
many
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
men
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
months
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
mountains
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
out
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
Packard's
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
pine-timbered
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
port
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
pulses
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
quickened
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
reminiscent
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
resort
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
ridden
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
roamed
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
rode
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
sailed
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
sailor
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
San
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
Sea
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
some
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
South
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
stared
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
Steve
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From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
sun-baked
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
tenderly
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Steve Packard's pulses quickened and a bright eagerness came into his eyes as he rode deeper into the pine-timbered mountains.
there
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
Three
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
To-day
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From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
town
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From this reading Three days ago he had ridden out of the sun-baked town of San Juan; three months had passed since he had sailed out of a South Sea port.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To-day he was on the last lap of a delectable journey.
water-front
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From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
wistfully
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Far down there, foregathering with sailor men in a dirty water-front boarding-house, he had grown suddenly and even tenderly reminiscent of a cleaner land which he had roamed as a boy.
withal
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
years
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From this reading He stared back across the departed years as many a man has looked from just some such resort as Black Jack's boarding-house, a little wistfully withal.
