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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 An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
almost
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
army
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
Ballarat
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From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
became
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
camp
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
caprice
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
commenced
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
counsel
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
day
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
day's
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
deadly
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From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
distance
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
doubt
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
dragging
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
early
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
ending
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
fifth
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
fires
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
furious
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
halt
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
heard
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
heart-sick
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
identity
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
impatient
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
insufferably
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
Lance
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
Lance's
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
late
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
melancholy
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
men
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
mid-day
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From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
MinepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
more
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
murmur
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
Necessarily
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
once
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
own
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
return
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
saw
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
slow
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
smoke
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An early start, a late ending to the dragging day's journey, broken but by a short mid-day halt.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
surge-like
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
tedious
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
thousand
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From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
Trevanion
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
turns
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Such was the order of Lance's return to Ballarat, until, on the fifth day, they saw once more in the distance the smoke of the thousand camp fires and heard the distant surge-like murmur of the army of the Mine.
used
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From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
Wearied
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From this reading Wearied and heart-sick, melancholy and furious by turns, Lance Trevanion almost commenced to doubt of his own identity.
wearisome
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From this reading Long and deadly wearisome was the journey to Ballarat.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Necessarily slow, it became insufferably tedious to impatient men who had been used to take counsel but of their own will and caprice.
