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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 It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
all
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
aloofness
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From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
any
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From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
apart
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
artery
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
baked
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
beckoning
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
blistered
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
civic
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From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
CREEK
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
cynically
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
distance
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
distrustfully
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
drawn
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
extend
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
eyed
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
falling
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
Gap
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
gave
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
glistening
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
Grown
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
half-mile
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
haphazardly
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
ignored
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
impression
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
inclined
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
incorrect
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
individuality
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
iron
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
More
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
other
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
own
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
prided
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From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
railroad
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
rails
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
RED
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
refused
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
rival
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
safe
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
sections
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
sense
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From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
settlements
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
station
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
sun
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
suspiciously
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
TOWN
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From this reading IN RED CREEK TOWN The little town of Red Creek had an individuality all its own.
traffic
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
trail
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
two
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
unsociably
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
up
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
watchful
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From this reading More than all this, Red Creek gave the impression, not in the least incorrect, of falling apart into two watchful sections which eyed each other suspiciously, being cynically and unsociably inclined.
west
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading It might have prided itself, had it any civic sense whatever, upon its aloofness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
won
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From this reading Grown up here haphazardly long before the "Gap" had been won through by the "iron trail," it ignored the beckoning of the glistening rails and refused to extend itself toward the traffic artery.
world
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From this reading It stood apart from the rest of the world, at a safe distance from any of its rival settlements, even drawn apart as though distrustfully from its own railroad station which baked and blistered in the sun a good half-mile to the west.
