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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 trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
anxious
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From this reading Sandy's lean face was anxious.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
best
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
canyon
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
cliff
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
cliffs
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
climb
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
close
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From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
crept
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
crumbled
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
deep
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
drooped
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
face
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
feet
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
flood
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
four
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
gathered
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
girl
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
GOATS
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
gorge
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
inured
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
lean
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From this reading Sandy's lean face was anxious.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
margin
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
night
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
o'clock
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From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
PASS
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
purple
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
rays
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
red
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
rising
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
saddle
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
Sandy's
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From this reading Sandy's lean face was anxious.
scant
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
seat
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
setting
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
seven
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From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
shadows
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
shifted
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
shone
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
slowly
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
staining
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
summit
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
sun
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
tawny
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From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading THE PASS OF THE GOATS In the throat of the gorge the sun shone red on the tawny cliffs.
tired
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From this reading The girl drooped in her seat tired from the long climb, not yet inured to the saddle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
trail
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
upward
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was close to seven o'clock.
weathered
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
wide
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From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The trail, a scant four feet wide at its best, with crumbled, weathered margin, crept along the face of the cliff above a deep canyon where the night shadows had already gathered in a purple flood, slowly rising as the rays of the setting sun shifted upward, not yet staining the summit.
