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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 A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
abnormal
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
air
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
atmosphere
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
BEASLEY
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
breath
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
breathing
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
camp
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
cup
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
degrees
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
dull
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
ELEMENT
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
endurance
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
faint-hearted
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
few
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
filled
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
gray
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
heat
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
heavy
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
humanity
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
humidity
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
invigorating
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
laden
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
like
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
moisture
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
more
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
mountain
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The work of the camp went on.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
overflowing
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
painfully
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
rendered
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
sheer
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
sky
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
struggling
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
sun
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
sweltering
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From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
There
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
toiling
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From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
too
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From this reading The sky was heavy and gray, and a dull sun, as though it too had been rendered faint-hearted, was painfully struggling against the laden atmosphere.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
usual
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From this reading There was not one breath of the usual invigorating mountain air.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEASLEY IN HIS ELEMENT The camp was sweltering under an abnormal heat.
went
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From this reading The work of the camp went on.
work
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From this reading The work of the camp went on.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A few more degrees of humidity, and the cup of endurance would have been filled to overflowing and toiling humanity breathing something like sheer moisture.
