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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 In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
air
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
All
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
away
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
beasts
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
blast
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
boles
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
branches
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
buffeting
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
canons
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From this reading Before midday it had grown dark in the canons.
countless
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
dark
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
dawn
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
day
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
daybreak
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
directions
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
driving
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
far
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
faraway
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
fearsomely
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
fierce
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
filling
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
glistening
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
growlingnounUS /ˈgrowling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
grown
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From this reading Before midday it had grown dark in the canons.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
hour
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
hungry
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
hurled
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
imprisoned
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Before midday it had grown dark in the canons.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before midday it had grown dark in the canons.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
like
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
many
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
many-voiced
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
midday
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From this reading Before midday it had grown dark in the canons.
mountains
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
narrow
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
now
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
out
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
pale
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
parent
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
pine
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
raged
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
rain
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
riven
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
seasons
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
shrieking
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
slant
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
snapped
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
sound
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
spears
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
steel
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
storm
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
subdued
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
tall
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
thick
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From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
tossing
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
tumult
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading All day long, from an hour before the pale dawn until now after the thick dark, the storm had raged through the mountains.
valiantadjUS /ˈvæl.jənt/
Possessing or showing courage or determination; heroic. (Dũng cảm, quả cảm, anh hùng.)
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
victorious
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
wan
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From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the wan daybreak the sound filling the air was one of many-voiced but subdued tumult, like the faraway growling of fierce, hungry, imprisoned beasts.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
wet
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From this reading Through the narrow canons the wet wind went shrieking fearsomely, driving the slant rain like countless thin spears of glistening steel.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
years
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From this reading In the driving blast of the wind many a tall pine had snapped, broken at last after long valiant years of victorious buffeting with the seasons, while countless tossing branches had been riven away from the parent boles and hurled far out in all directions.
