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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 Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
artlessness
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
away
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
back
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
battle
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
breathless
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
cabin
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
call
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
Carr
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
cheeks
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
cliff's
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
colour
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
coming
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
crept
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
darkening
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
deeper
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
designing
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
down
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
dusk
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
edge
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
eyes
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
father
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
fire
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
Friends
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
Girl
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
gone
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
Good-night
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
head
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
Helen's
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
Howard
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
laugh
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
lighted
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
Longstreet's
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
meaning
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
out
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
own
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
remembered
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
rode
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
side
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
snare
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
straight
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
three
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From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
turning
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From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
Two
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
up
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From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
valley
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From this reading Two Friends and a Girl Howard and Carr rode down into the darkening valley side by side.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The silence of the coming dusk was no deeper than that silence which had crept about them while the three stood upon the cliff's edge.
whippednounUS /ˈwhipped/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Longstreet's laugh had whipped up the colour into Helen's cheeks and had lighted a battle fire in her eyes.
whisked
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
widow
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From this reading She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She had remembered to call out a breathless 'Good-night' without turning her head.
