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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 Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
all
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
always
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
appreciation
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
back
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
big
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
bring
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
came
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
Christmas
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
cup
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
deaf
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
difficulties
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
dim
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
doubt
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
down
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
driven
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
earth
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
effaced
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
enemies
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
few
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
friendless
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
friends
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
girl
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
grind
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
Gunsight
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
heady
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
hiding
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
humbled
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
intended
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
Jones
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
L
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
lack
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
lips
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
McBain
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
moments
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
neatly
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
now
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
own
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
PASSES
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
place
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
quaffed
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
questioning
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
rebuked
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
rewarded
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From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
RIMROCK
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
snatched
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
speech
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
spirit
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
storm
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
success
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
taken
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From this reading Rimrock Jones had returned in a Christmas spirit and had taken Gunsight by storm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
there
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
triumphed
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
turned
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
typist
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
W
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From this reading He had humbled L. W. and driven McBain into hiding; and now this girl, this deaf, friendless typist, had snatched the cup from his lips.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
well-chosen
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He had rewarded his friends and rebuked his enemies and all those who grind down the poor.
wine
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From this reading RIMROCK PASSES In the big moments of life when we have triumphed over difficulties and quaffed the heady wine of success there is always something--or the lack of something--to bring us back to earth.
words
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
worth
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From this reading The neatly turned speech--the few well-chosen words in which he had intended to express his appreciation for her help--were effaced from his memory and in their place there came a doubt, a dim questioning of his own worth.
