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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 At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
abroad
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From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
bigger
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
breathed
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
brightness
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
caught
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
caution
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
chose
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
clambered
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
command
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
dark
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
Dick's
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
eye
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
far
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From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
fatigues
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
finished
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
fire
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
forest
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From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
fork
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
fully
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
got
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
heathy
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
HenceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
horizon
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
horses
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
Joanna
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
late
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
leper
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
men
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
met
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
misadventure
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
moonlit
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From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
more
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
needle's
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
nimbly
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
oak
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
once
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
provender
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
quarters
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
remembering
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
ruddy
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
saddle
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
small
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
smothered
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
snow
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
snow-paven
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From this reading Hence he could look far abroad on the moonlit and snow-paven forest.
somewhat
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
south-west
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
spot
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
store
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From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
tall
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
terrifying
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
there
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From this reading And there his eye was caught by a spot of ruddy brightness no bigger than a needle's eye.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
topmost
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
true
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
upland
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From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
wearily
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the south-west, dark against the horizon, stood those upland, heathy quarters where he and Joanna had met with the terrifying misadventure of the leper.
woodland
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From this reading At Dick's command, the fire was smothered in snow; and while his men got once more wearily to saddle, he himself, remembering, somewhat late, true woodland caution, chose a tall oak and nimbly clambered to the topmost fork.
