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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 He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
beast
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
brain
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
bullet
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
Cayuse
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
charge
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
country
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
cutting
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
DeadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
defiles
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
Devine
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
difficult
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
dim
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
drifting
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
edge
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
feet
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
foremostnounUS /ˈforemost/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
forest-choked
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
freighter
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
front
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
ghostly
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
GIFT
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
GRENFELL'S
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
growing
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
gully
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
hard
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
high
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
horses
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
hours
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
hundred
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
latter
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
leg
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
light
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
lowering
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
merciful
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
mist
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
only
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
pack-horse
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
peak
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
perilous
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
Pine
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
ridge
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
rose
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
rugged
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
see
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
shape
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
showed
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
sky
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
snowing
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
some
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
started
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From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
sunset
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
twelve
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
two
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
up
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
used
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
valleys
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From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
Weston
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From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading GRENFELL'S GIFT It was snowing hard, and, though it was still two hours before sunset, the light was growing dim when Weston pulled the foremost pack-horse up on the edge of the gully.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That country is a difficult one, even to the Cayuse horses, which are used to its forest-choked valleys and perilous defiles.
white
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From this reading In front of them a rugged peak rose above the high white ridge of Dead Pine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He and Devine had each a beast in his charge, and the freighter had started with two, but one of these had been left behind with a broken leg and a merciful bullet in its brain.
wrappings
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From this reading They could see the latter cutting against a lowering sky some twelve hundred feet above, though the peak showed only a ghostly shape through its wrappings of drifting mist.
