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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 Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
carried
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From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
carry
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
clouds
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
coffee-pot
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
covered
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
cups
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
day
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
dense
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
dull
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
heavier
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From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
heaviest
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From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
heavy
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
hiding
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
HOME
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From this reading THE RETURN HOME.
housekeeping
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
like
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
load
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
mountain
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
mountains
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
Oh
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
peaks
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
RETURN
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From this reading THE RETURN HOME.
rifles
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
Rudy
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From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
silver
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
snowy
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
stronger
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From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RETURN HOME.
there
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From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
thick
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
three
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
tops
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
two
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
use
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
veil
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
weather
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
wet
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But that was not the heaviest thing; there was something heavier and stronger which he carried with him--or which carried him--on that return journey over the mountains.
wild
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From this reading The weather was wild, dull, heavy, and wet; dense clouds covered the mountain tops like a thick veil, quite hiding the snowy peaks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh what a load Rudy had to carry home with him over the mountains the next day!
won
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From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had won three silver cups, two rifles, and a silver coffee-pot; this would be of use to him when he began housekeeping.
