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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 Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
all
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
ax
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
Bursting
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
camp
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
crawling
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
cries
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
dogs
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
environment
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
exhausted
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
game
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
girl
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
grub
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From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
hastened
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
heavyhearted
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
hoary
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
iron
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From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
issue
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
joined
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
just
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
land
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
laying
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
lighthanded
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
man
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
masters
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From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
midst
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
moose
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
natural
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
nightfall
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
out
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
pack
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
played
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
prayed
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From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
primeval
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
reversed
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
rifle
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
rule
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From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
rushing
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From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
Ruth
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
ruthlessness
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
saw
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
selection
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From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
shrill
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
snarling
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From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, lighthanded, heavyhearted.
uproar
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From this reading An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He joined the issue with his rifle reversed, and the hoary game of natural selection was played out with all the ruthlessness of its primeval environment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dogs had broken the iron rule of their masters and were rushing the grub.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bursting into the camp, he saw the girl in the midst of the snarling pack, laying about her with an ax.
