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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 As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
all
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
Americanism
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
appalling
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
approached
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
awe
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
brethren
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
chiefs
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
common
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
conceits
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
countenances
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
down
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
easy
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
evidence
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
fancied
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
fears
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
gloomy
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
glorious
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
hopes
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
hour
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
How
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
human
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
hundred
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From this reading "Two hundred years! two hundred years!
huts
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
improved
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
Indians
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
interest
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
intervening
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
mingled
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
moment
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
more
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
much
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
new
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
noiseless
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
painted
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
PIERPONT
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
power
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
previously
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
pride
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
quarters
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
red
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
rendering
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
retouch
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
Several
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
strong
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
sun
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
sunk
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
sunset
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
tide
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From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
trace
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From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
Two
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From this reading "Two hundred years! two hundred years!
use
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
visages
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
visit
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
wanted
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From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading How much of human power and pride, What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears, Have sunk beneath their noiseless tide!"--PIERPONT.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It wanted about an hour to sunset--or sun-_down_, to use our common Americanism--when we all left the new quarters of our red brethren, in order to visit the huts.
wild
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From this reading Several of the chiefs had improved the intervening time, to retouch the wild conceits that they had previously painted on their visages, rendering their countenances still more appalling.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the moment approached, it was easy to trace in the Indians the evidence of strong interest; mingled, as we fancied, with a little awe.
years
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From this reading "Two hundred years! two hundred years!
