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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 The woods were like a tinder box.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
August
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
blind
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
blooming
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
box
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From this reading The woods were like a tinder box.
British
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
camp
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
careless
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
chart
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
cigarette
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
coast
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
coastwise
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
collision
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
Columbia
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
compass
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
days
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
donkey
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
dry
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
engines
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
fires
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
firs
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From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
Flower
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
fog
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
forests
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
Gulf
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
hot
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
imminent
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
Jungle
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
lay
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
like
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From this reading The woods were like a tinder box.
man
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
moment
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From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
pall
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
Peril
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
pipe
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
ports
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
pungent
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
ran
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
Red
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
risk
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
scattered
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
Sea
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
seeds
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
set
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From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
sheets
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From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
Smoke
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
sparks
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peril of the Sea The last of August set the Red Flower of the Jungle books blooming along the British Columbia coast.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
tinder
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From this reading The woods were like a tinder box.
unguarded
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From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
untended
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
vessels
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From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Smoke lay on the Gulf like a pall of pungent fog, through which vessels ran by chart and compass, blind between ports, at imminent risk of collision.
white
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From this reading The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests.
woods
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From this reading The woods were like a tinder box.
wrapped
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From this reading One unguarded moment, and the ancient firs were wrapped in sheets of flame.
