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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 took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST.
banks
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
blankets
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
broad
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
buds
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
bushes
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
color
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
countless
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
country
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
day
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
deep
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
died
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
down
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
easy
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
emerged
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
excepting
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
FIELDS
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From this reading THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST.
flowers
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
following
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
forth
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
GOLD
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From this reading THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST.
Goose
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
hilly
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
just
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
laborious
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST.
latter
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
leave
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
made
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
mill-pond
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
now
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
oars
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
others
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
overgrown
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
profusion
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
progress
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
push
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
river
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
rocks
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
rowing
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
second
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
slightly
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From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
slow
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
smooth
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
starting
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
stream
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
taking
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOLD FIELDS AT LAST.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the second day they seemed to leave the rocks behind, and emerged into a slightly hilly country.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
turn
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
turns
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
two
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From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
use
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
utterly
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
variety
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From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here the banks of the stream were overgrown with bushes and flowers, the latter just starting to push forth their buds in countless profusion of variety and color.
Wild
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They took turns at rowing, two at a turn, with the others taking it easy on the blankets, for the river was now broad and deep and as smooth as a mill-pond.
work
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From this reading On the following day the wind died down utterly, and no progress could be made in the _Wild Goose_ excepting by the use of oars, and this was slow and laborious work.
