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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 They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
bands
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
CLEARING
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
crowned
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
days
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
daytime
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
eastward
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
encompass
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
encountered
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
enemies
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
eyes
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
few
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
Five
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
footsteps
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
growing
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
higher
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From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
hills
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
hollow
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
hours
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
human
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
hunter
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
HUT
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
Indian
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
knew
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
lagging
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
Landless
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
later
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
leagues
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
met
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
mountains
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From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
moved
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From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
night
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
noted
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
nowhere
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
only
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
pausing
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
peace
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
perfect
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
quietly
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
roving
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
saw
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
sign
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
sleeping
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
solitary
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
solitude
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From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
some
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
streams
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
swiftly
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
territory
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From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
there
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
thirty
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
traveled
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
uninhabited
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From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
village
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From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No Indian village crowned the hills above the streams; they encountered no roving bands; no solitary hunter met them; nowhere was there sign of human life.
watchful
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
wayfarers
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From this reading THE HUT IN THE CLEARING Five days later saw the wayfarers some thirty leagues to the eastward of the hollow in the hills.
weariness
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If their enemies were upon their track, they knew it not--perfect peace, perfect solitude seemed to encompass them.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They had left the higher mountains behind them, but still moved through what seemed an uninhabited territory.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
woman
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From this reading They had traveled swiftly, sleeping but a few hours of each night and in the daytime pausing for rest only when Landless, quietly watchful, saw the weariness growing in the eyes of the woman beside him, or noted her lagging footsteps.
