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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
BAD
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
base
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
country
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From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
Dodge
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
down
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
eastward
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
easy
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
edge
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
emerged
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
farther
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
finally
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
flow
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
fording
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
General
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
headwaters
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
hills
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
keeps
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
Laramie
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
led
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
main
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
men
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
MORE
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
NEWS
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
North
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
Once
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From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
out
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
Overland
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From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
Pass
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
Plains
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
plateaunounUS /plateau/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
Platte
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
Rattlesnake
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
remarked
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
River
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From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
road
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From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
see
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From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
side
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
south
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From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
stage
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From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
streams
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
There's
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “It keeps to the base of those south hills, on the headwaters of the side streams, for fording.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
top
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
unknown
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From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
valley
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
view
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From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MORE BAD NEWS IT was the easy Rattlesnake Pass that finally led out from the farther edge of the great Laramie Plains, and down to the North Platte River.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Can we see the Overland stage road, general?”
we'll
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From this reading “Once across that, and over the next plateau, and we’ll be into the unknown country.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “There’s the last of the main streams which flow eastward, men,” remarked General Dodge, as from the top of the pass they emerged into view of the valley below.
