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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 They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
babe
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
breast
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
Cold
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
crushing
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
danced
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
degrees
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From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
dimly
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
down
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
driven
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
eyes
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
faces
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
forest
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
forty
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From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
frost
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From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
fur-fringed
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
glory
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
grandeur
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
grimly
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
heavens
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
inward
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
leaps
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
Mackenzie
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
missing
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
moment
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
mother's
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
naked
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
newborn
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
odd
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From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
own
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
Pole
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
quest
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
race
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
ranged
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
realized
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
rested
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
rimming
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
robes
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
Scruff
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
setting
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
seven
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From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
sides
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
SilencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
smiled
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
Spirits
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
stars
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
suckling
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From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
tender
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rested for a moment on a newborn babe, suckling at its mother's naked breast.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
trailed
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was forty below,--seven and odd degrees of frost.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
White
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
wild
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From this reading 'Scruff' Mackenzie dimly realized the wild grandeur of the setting as his eyes ranged down the fur-fringed sides in quest of missing faces.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
women
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From this reading He thought of the tender women of his own race and smiled grimly.
wont
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From this reading The White Silence, for the moment driven to the rimming forest, seemed ever crushing inward; the stars danced with great leaps, as is their wont in the time of the Great Cold; while the Spirits of the Pole trailed their robes of glory athwart the heavens.
