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10,000
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
back
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
barrier
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
becomes
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
blazing
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
BORING
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
centuries
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
century
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
chain
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
clouds
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
country
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
dangerous
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
defiant
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
demonstrated
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
detour
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
dizzy
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
ease
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
effort
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
engine
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
far
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
feet
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
footpath
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
frontier
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
George
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
GOTTHARD
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
Helvetians
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
higher
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
Italian
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
Italy
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
journey
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
known
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
lightly
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
little
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
made
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
making
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
mass
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
mere
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
more
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
mountain
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
natural
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
occupied
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
other
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
pass
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
peaks
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
possibilities
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
rails
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
ranges
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
rugged
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
running
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
situation
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
snow-clad
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
some
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
St
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
steam
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
Stephenson
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
successfully
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
Switzerland
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
thirteenthadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/
Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.
From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
towering
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From this reading On the Italian frontier, however, this natural barrier becomes more rugged and defiant, some of the peaks towering 10,000 feet or higher into the clouds.
trail
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From this reading An effort to ease this situation was made so far back as the thirteenth century by the blazing of a footpath over the St. Gotthard, but it was a mere dangerous and dizzy trail.
Travelling
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
tumbled
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
TUNNEL
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
undertaken
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
walled
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
wearisome
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From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
weeks
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From this reading Travelling from one country to the other before George Stephenson demonstrated the possibilities of the steam engine running on rails, therefore, was a journey not to be lightly undertaken, for it occupied weeks.
well
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From this reading THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL The little country of Switzerland, as is well known, is a tumbled mass of snow-clad mountain ranges.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading For centuries this frontier chain so successfully walled in the Helvetians that they could not pass into Italy without making a wearisome detour.
