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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 CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
almost
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
bank
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
bench
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
camped
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
canyon
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
CAROCA
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
cave
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
chilled
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
clinging
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
creek
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
fire
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
flats
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
going
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
got
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
grass
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
grew
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
insensibility
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
knew
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
led
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
light
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
limpness
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
mare
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
Molly
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
nook
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
oaks
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
once
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
only
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
out
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
out-of-doors-man's
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
place
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
promised
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
saddle
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
Sandy
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
sending
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
shallow
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From this reading Sandy got her out of the saddle and into a shallow cave in a sandy bank.
shapes
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
shelving
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
soaked
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
spouted
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
starlight
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
stream
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
there
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
tired
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From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
tore
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
trees
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
unfailing
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
vast
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
warmth
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From this reading The next thing she knew a fire was leaping and sending light and warmth into her nook.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
way
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
wet
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From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Molly was tired almost to insensibility as to what might be going on, soaked and chilled to limpness.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
wide-bottomed
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From this reading CAROCA As Sandy had promised, there was a wide-bottomed canyon where great oaks grew on the flats beside the unfailing stream.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The trees were only vast shapes in the starlight, the long grass was wet and clinging, the creek spouted and tore along as Sandy led the way on the mare to a shelving bench, a place where he had camped once long before and, with his out-of-doors-man's craft, never forgotten.
