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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 THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
accursed
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
anew
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
base
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
bit
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
blind
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
blow
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
bludgeon
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
brain
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
breast
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
breathed
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
breathless
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
BURTON
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
carried
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
channel
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
clearing
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
clung
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
cry
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
cursed
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
death
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
details
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
dew-damp
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
distant
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
dropping
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
dusk
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
ears
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
elbow
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
entranced
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From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
finally
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
framed
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From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
gazed
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
ghost
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
grass-grown
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
gulch
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
half-hour
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
halted
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
hand
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
hissed
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
hour
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
jutted
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
Lem
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
Like
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
looked
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
lugubrious
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
magnet
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
meeting-house
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
Motionless
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
mountain
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
mouth
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From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
naked
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
narrow
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
out
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
outlines
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
palm
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
panther
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
past
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
PETER
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
picture
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From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
ragged
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
rankled
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
rapt
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
reached
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
red
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
saw
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
scowled
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
shadows
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
shoes
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
SHOOTING
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
squatty
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
stare
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
torn
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
tragedy
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
tragic
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
trail
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
tree-fringed
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From this reading The tree-fringed mouth of this gulch framed a picture below that entranced him.
twist
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From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
unforgettable
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From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
Upheld
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From this reading Upheld on the grass-grown palm of the distant clearing, he saw the squatty outlines of the meeting-house.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE SHOOTING OF PETER BURTON When finally Lem reached the narrow twist where the trail jutted out and clung to the dew-damp breast of the mountain, he halted and dropping his torn shoes, which he had carried in his hand the past hour, he gazed along the ragged channel of a blind gulch that bit into the base of the mountain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Like a blow from a bludgeon the tragic details of that unforgettable tragedy hissed and rankled anew in his brain;--that red, accursed half-hour amid the naked shadows of a lugubrious dusk, with death at his elbow; the cry of the panther in his ears, and a ghost that breathed and scowled and cursed over him.
wooden
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From this reading Motionless, he looked at that wooden magnet below with a rapt, breathless stare.
