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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 When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
afterward
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
banks
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
bench
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
breathless
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
canes
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
cause
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
crawled
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
deep
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
down
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
entangled
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
faint
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
floundered
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
forced
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
gorge
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
got
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
grew
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
ground
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
Harding
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
haze
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
hill
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
hollows
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From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
hot
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
KIDNAPPED
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
large
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From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
led
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
light
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
low
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
made
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
march
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
muskeg
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
path
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
pine-scrub
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
pools
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
ragged
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
reached
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
shallow
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
sinking
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
slipping
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
softer
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
splashing
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
spots
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
stones
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
Stony
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
streaked
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From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
struggled
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
stumbled
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From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
Then
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
thick
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
thickets
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
thorny
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
trick
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
trod
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
up
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
upward
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From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
village
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From this reading KIDNAPPED Harding had cause to remember the forced march he made to the Stony village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
wet
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When they reached the first hill bench he was hot and breathless, and their path led sharply upward over banks of ragged stones which had a trick of slipping down when they trod on them.
willows
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From this reading Then they struggled through short pine-scrub, crawled up a wet gorge where thick willows grew, and afterward got entangled among thickets of thorny canes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The light was faint, and the low ground streaked with haze, as they floundered through the muskeg, sinking deep in the softer spots and splashing through shallow pools.
worse
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From this reading It was worse where the stones were large and they stumbled into the hollows between.
