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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 For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
abruptly
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
break
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
carbonized
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
charcoal-burner
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
colonizing
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
environment
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
fifty
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
footpaths
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
forsaken
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
green
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
grow
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
Homolka
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
Hungary
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
hut
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
labyrinths
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
land
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
leaf-covered
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
miles
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
more
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
mountain
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
Mountains
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
off
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
Once
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
parts
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From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
passable
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
PERI
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From this reading THE PERI.
range
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
road
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
rocky
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
round
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
seen
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
single
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
skirts
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From this reading The very skirts of this wilderness are uninhabited.
sooty
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
suffers
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
terminating
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERI.
there
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The very skirts of this wilderness are uninhabited.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
traverses
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
uninhabited
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From this reading The very skirts of this wilderness are uninhabited.
very
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
village
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
waterfall
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From this reading The very footpaths break abruptly off amongst the rocky labyrinths, terminating either in a leaf-covered waterfall, or at the forsaken hut of a charcoal-burner, the carbonized, sooty environment of which suffers nothing green to grow.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Once more we are in Hungary, among the Homolka Mountains, in one of those parts of the land which no one has ever thought of colonizing.
whole
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From this reading For fifty miles round there is not a village to be seen; not a single passable road traverses the whole mountain range.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading The very skirts of this wilderness are uninhabited.
