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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 galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
acacias
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
army
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
branches
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
came
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
caravan
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
conquered
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
crossed
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
crushing
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
defeat
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
desert
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
district
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
Dschesirah
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
El-Gesireh
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
English
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
enormous
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
entered
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
extended
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
eye
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
far
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
galloped
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
grass
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
green
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
grew
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
groups
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
Halfa
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
hillocks
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From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
hilly
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
hundred
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
inflicted
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
jungle
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
land
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
leaving
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
Mahdi
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
Musa's
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
nowise
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
partly
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
people
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
plains
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From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
previously
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
prickly
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
reach
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
resembled
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
rubber
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
sand
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From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
Schendi
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
shelter
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
steppe
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
Sudanese
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
sun
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
there
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From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
trees
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
Two
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
vicinity
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From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
Wadi
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
weeks
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From this reading Two weeks after leaving the district of Wadi Halfa the caravan entered the land that had been conquered by the Mahdi.
well-known
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here there were no sand plains or hillocks.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They galloped over the hilly desert of El-Gesireh (Dschesirah) and in the vicinity of Schendi, where the English had previously inflicted a crushing defeat upon Musa’s army, they crossed a district which in nowise resembled a desert.
wide-spreading
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From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here and there they came across enormous trees with such wide-spreading branches that a hundred people could take shelter from the sun under them.
yield
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From this reading As far as the eye could reach extended a steppe of partly green grass and jungle, where grew groups of the prickly acacias that yield the well-known Sudanese rubber.
