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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 A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
abandoned
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
actually
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
animals
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
anxiety
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
any
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
carried
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
clouds
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
commenced
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
deep
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
detect
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
discontent
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
distinguish
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
entertained
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
establish
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
evidence
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
exhibiting
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
eye
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
fact
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
faculties
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
flew
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
front
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
fugitives
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
gloomy
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
glories
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
growing
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
horses
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
hostilities
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
important
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
increase
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
Ishmael
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
just
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
lent
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
Mahtoree
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
man
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
manifested
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
manner
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
marked
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
Montgomery
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From this reading —Montgomery.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
o'er
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
observed
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
occurrence
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
old
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
once
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
other
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
out
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
parties
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
practised
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
reach
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
shades
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
signs
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
silent
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
sky
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
smallest
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
sort
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
sounds
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
speed
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
spot
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
stillness
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
sunbeams
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
threw
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
trapper
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
uneasiness
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
urge
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From this reading The old man, from time to time, muttered his discontent, but manifested the uneasiness he actually entertained in no other manner, unless it might be in exhibiting a growing anxiety to urge the animals to increase their speed.
vain
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
vestige
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
wastes
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From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
well-known
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From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A stillness, as deep as that which marked the gloomy wastes in their front, was observed by the fugitives to distinguish the spot they had just abandoned.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Even the trapper lent his practised faculties, in vain, to detect any of the well-known signs, which might establish the important fact that hostilities had actually commenced between the parties of Mahtoree and Ishmael; but their horses carried them out of the reach of sounds, without the occurrence of the smallest evidence of the sort.
yonder
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From this reading The clouds and sunbeams o’er his eye, That once their shades and glories threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No vestige where they flew.
