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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 VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
all
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
away
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
back
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From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
blame
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From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
branches
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
cannot
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From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
casting
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
chances
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
changing
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
Condé
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
de
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
despair
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
destroying
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
difficulty
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emprise
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
feet
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
gone
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
huge
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
increased
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
lion's
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
lives
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
Madame
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
minds
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From this reading The same thoughts were running in our minds.
mottled
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
mouth
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
now
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From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
out
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
plans
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
Ponthieu
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
presentiment
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
reined
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The same thoughts were running in our minds.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The same thoughts were running in our minds.
seized
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
shade
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
sight
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
snow
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
spreading
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
straight
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
stroke
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
success
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tenfold
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
things
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From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
thoughts
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From this reading The same thoughts were running in our minds.
threw
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
too
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From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
totally
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From this reading Madame de Condé had at one stroke, by changing her plans, gone straight into the lion’s mouth, and had increased tenfold the difficulty of our emprise, if not totally destroying all chances of its success.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
up
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Perhaps something too of the same despair had seized us, a presentiment that we were casting away our lives for nothing.
VISION
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
watched
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The same thoughts were running in our minds.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
WOOD
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, now that I look back upon things, I cannot blame her.
yoke-elm
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From this reading THE VISION OF THE WOOD WE had reined up under a huge yoke-elm, whose spreading branches threw a mottled shade on the snow at our feet, and watched Ponthieu in silence until he went quite out of our sight.
