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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 The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
all
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
AMOCHOL
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
articulated
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
barring
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
battle
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
Bear
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
belly
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
bony
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
broad
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
chest
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
clout
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
corn
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
crest
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
daybreak
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
dim
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
eaten
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
feathers
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
features
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
freshening
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
ghastly
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
Ghost
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
glistened
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
Grey-Feather
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
heavily
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
hideous
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
hue
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
Indians
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
like
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
limb-bones
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
low
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
magnificent
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
Moth
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
moved
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
out
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
paint
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
painted
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
parched
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
poisonous
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
powerfully
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
reared
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
ribs
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
Sagamore
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
salted
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
scarlet
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
shining
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
skeleton
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
skin
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
skull
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
slanted
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From this reading On his broad chest the scarlet Ghost Bear reared; on his crest the scarlet feathers slanted low.
snake
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
soaked
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From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
spine
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
sporran
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
stalking
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
stripped
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
sulphurous
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
tall
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
toad-stool
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
traced
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
trees
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
unbelievably
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
vermilion
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
war
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading AMOCHOL By daybreak we had salted our parched corn, soaked, and eaten it, and my Indians were already freshening their paint.
white
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From this reading The Sagamore, stripped for battle, barring clout and sporran, stood tall and powerfully magnificent in his white and vermilion hue of war.
Yellow
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From this reading The Yellow Moth was unbelievably hideous in the poisonous hue of a toad-stool; his crest and all his skin glistened yellow, shining like the sulphurous belly of a snake.
yellowish
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From this reading But the Grey-Feather was ghastly; his bony features were painted like a skull, spine, ribs, and limb-bones traced out heavily in yellowish white so that he seemed a stalking and articulated skeleton as he moved in the dim twilight of the trees.
