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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 It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
apart
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
astir
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From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
breakfasts
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
camp
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From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
cattle
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From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
children
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
chill
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
clear
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
clustered
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
coffee
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
cooked
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
dawn
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
daylight
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From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
driven
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From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
fires
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
forty
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
get
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
large
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
men
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
Nephi
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From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
night-watch
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
out
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From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
pasture
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From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
places
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
requires
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
sharing
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
sleepily
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
slowest
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
speed
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
there
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
train
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
unchained
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
wagons
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
waiting
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From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Long before daylight the camp at Nephi was astir.
water
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From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
way
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From this reading It requires time to get a large train such as ours under way, for its speed is the speed of the slowest.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The cattle were driven out to water and pasture.
wheels
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The children, in the chill of dawn, clustered about the fires, sharing places, here and there, with the last relief of the night-watch waiting sleepily for coffee.
women
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
yoking
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From this reading While the men unchained the wheels and drew the wagons apart and clear for yoking in, the women cooked forty breakfasts over forty fires.
