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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 CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
abandoned
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
ago
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
back
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
banded
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
belts
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
big
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
birches
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
called
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
CAMP
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
canoes
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
cedars
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
cheerless
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
CLARENCE
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
colored
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
compelled
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
crossed
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
deal
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
depressed
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
desolate
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
divide
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
drifting
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
dull
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
easy
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
enough
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
evening
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
expected
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
failing
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
fall
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
felt
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
followed
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
girl
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
gloomy
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
gray
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
hard
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
hid
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
hills
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
hollow
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
hung
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
Indians
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
informed
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
Lisle
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
Millicent
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
mist
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
muskegs
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
neutral
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
obtained
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
once
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
oozy
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
packers
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
ponds
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
ragged
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
REACHES
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
retrace
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
rocky
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
shorten
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
sitting
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
sky
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
slope
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
small
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
some
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
sprinkled
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
stages
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
steps
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From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
stretched
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
stunted
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
there
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
tints
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From this reading Beneath her, the long hollow that crossed the big divide stretched back, colored in cheerless neutral tints, into drifting mist.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
trail
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
travel
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
trees
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
troubled
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From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CLARENCE REACHES CAMP The evening was dull and gloomy, a gray sky hung over the desolate hills, and Millicent, sitting alone on a rocky slope, felt troubled and depressed.
way
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
willows
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From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was sprinkled with little ponds, and banded here and there with belts of stunted trees, small birches and willows, and ragged cedars that hid the oozy muskegs under them.
women
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From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading The girl was worn with travel, for Lisle had abandoned the canoes some time ago, and the party had followed, by what he called easy stages, the trail he and the packers had broken, though the women had found the way hard enough.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading This, he had informed them, would shorten the journey a good deal, and he expected to fall in with some Indians, from whom canoes could be obtained, once they had crossed the divide; failing this, they might be compelled to retrace their steps.
