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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 "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
anon
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
arc
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
briskly
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
broke
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From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
camp
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From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
cheered
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
completely
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
considerable
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
country
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
creeping
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
day
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From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
desert
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
earth's
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
escaping
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
fissure
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
gapingadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
height
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
herbless
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
hills
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
horizon
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
knew
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
lost
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
made
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
miles
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From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
night's
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
onward
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
opened
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
parched
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
passing
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
plain
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
prospect
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
rolling
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
rough
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
sandy
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
savages
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From this reading "We made a good night's journey of it, cheered by the prospect of escaping from the savages.
smooth
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
some
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
sunk
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
surface
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
surrounded
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
swell
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
there
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
tops
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From this reading We knew that we must have passed over a considerable arc of the earth's surface before their tops could have sunk below the horizon.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
travelled
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
treeless
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
twenty
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From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
view
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
wading
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From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
way
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From this reading The rough hills that surrounded it were completely lost to our view, and we knew from this that we had travelled a long way; for some of these hills were of great height.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And onward we went--here creeping around some gaping fissure, that opened across our track--there wading over a sandy swell--and anon rolling briskly along the smooth, herbless plain; for the country we were passing through was a parched and treeless desert.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When day broke, we were twenty miles from the camp.
