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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 To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
bare
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
barrancas
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
boulders
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
broke
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
brown
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
clatter
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
color
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
contrary
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
country
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
dashing
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
defiles
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
dreary
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
eagle
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
foaming
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
forests
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
Gascon
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
Gloomy
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
granite
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
gray
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
high
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
hills
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
howling
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
huge
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
inhospitable
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
intersected
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
kingdom
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
meadows
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
mountain
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
mountains
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
naked
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
Navarre
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
nestling
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
only
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
Pampeluna
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
pasture
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
region
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
rising
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
rocks
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
rugged
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
savage
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
scream
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
side
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
sides
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
sounds
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
south
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
sterile
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
stone-strewn
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
streams
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
stretched
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
strewn
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
table-land
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
there
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From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
torrents
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
villages
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From this reading On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.
wastes
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From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
waters
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here, on the contrary, were nothing but naked rocks, poor pasture, and savage, stone-strewn wastes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
wild
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From this reading Gloomy defiles or barrancas intersected this wild country with mountain torrents dashing and foaming between their rugged sides.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To the south of Pampeluna in the kingdom of Navarre there stretched a high table-land, rising into bare, sterile hills, brown or gray in color, and strewn with huge boulders of granite.
wolves
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From this reading The clatter of waters, the scream of the eagle, and the howling of wolves the only sounds which broke upon the silence in that dreary and inhospitable region.
