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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 MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
avoid
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
aware
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
Bjelostok
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
Black
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
corresponded
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From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
csards
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
day
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
days
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
existence
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
far-off
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
forest
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
gathering
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
given
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
goal
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From this reading The two men hasten to the same goal.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
hasten
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From this reading The two men hasten to the same goal.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
heard
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From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
hurried
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
inhabited
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
isolated
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
man
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
meet
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
meeting
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
men
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From this reading The two men hasten to the same goal.
MIST
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
night
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
only
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
other's
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From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
pass
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
path
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
perhaps
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
place
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From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
preparing
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
progress
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
ride
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
road
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
roses
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
rough
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
Sea
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
seen
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From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
SHADOWS
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
shores
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
shorter
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
slowly
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
snow
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had never seen one another, had never heard the other's name, had never corresponded.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two men hasten to the same goal.
towns
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
two
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From this reading The two men hasten to the same goal.
up
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
utilize
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From this reading The first has, perhaps, the shorter road to take, but he can only ride slowly; he has to avoid inhabited towns, to utilize night for his progress, to pass the days in isolated csards.
wanderer
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From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MIST SHADOWS At the same time that the wanderer on the rough path of Bjelostok forest was gathering up its snow roses, another man on the far-off shores of the Black Sea was preparing for a long, distant, and hurried journey.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet each is aware of the other's existence; aware that they are to meet, and that this meeting must take place on a given day.
