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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
Aiguilles
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
became
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
blotting
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
brow
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
built
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
called
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
came
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
Chamonix
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
creeping
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
des
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
evening
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
experience
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
file
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
FINDING
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
forest
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
halts
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
hand
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
hillsides
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
increased
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
inn
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
JOHN
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
just
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
LATTERY
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
lower
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From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
made
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
marched
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
measured
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
men
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
mists
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
mountain
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
multiplied
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
needed
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From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
other
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
out
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
pace
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
path
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
peaks
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
Plan
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
plateaunounUS /plateau/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
rescue
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
slopes
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From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
snow-line
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From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
sparse
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From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
steadily
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
StrengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
trees
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
turned
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The zigzags increased in length, the trees became sparse; the rescue party came out upon the great plateau at the foot of the peaks called the Plan des Aiguilles, and stopped at the mountain inn built upon its brow, just over Chamonix.
upward
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From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
valley
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From this reading The evening had come, below them the mists were creeping along the hillsides and blotting the valley out.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
wasted
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From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY The rescue party marched upward between the trees with the measured pace of experience.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Strength which would be needed above the snow-line was not to be wasted on the lower slopes.
zigzags
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From this reading But on the other hand no halts were made; steadily the file of men turned to the right and to the left and the zigzags of the forest path multiplied behind them.
