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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
attack
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From this reading “Surely the demons hevn’t given over the attack.”
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
boasted
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
can't
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From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
companion
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From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
demons
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From this reading “Surely the demons hevn’t given over the attack.”
departure
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
earth
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
exiles
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
foe
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
Fort
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
given
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From this reading “Surely the demons hevn’t given over the attack.”
glided
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
Harmon
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
hevn't
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From this reading “Surely the demons hevn’t given over the attack.”
hill
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
hour
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
just
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
lately
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
light
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
Mark
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
men
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
moon
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
night
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
old
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From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
pall
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
Perhaps
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From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
proclaimed
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
quarreled
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From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
remarked
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From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
rising
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
river
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
said
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From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
scaled
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
showering
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
skins
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
spies
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
spread
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
stockadenounUS /ˈstockade/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
Strong
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
Surely
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From this reading “Surely the demons hevn’t given over the attack.”
tenanted
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
trapper
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From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
trees
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
two
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From this reading An hour after the departure of the exiles, night spread her pall over the earth, and two men scaled the stockade of Fort Strong and glided toward the hill lately tenanted by the foe.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can’t understand this silence,” remarked the old trapper to his companion.
undoubtedly
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
white
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
Wolf-Cap
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From this reading The spies—for spies the couple undoubtedly were—boasted of white skins, and the moon, just rising and showering her light through the trees beside the river, proclaimed them Wolf-Cap and Mark Harmon.
young
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From this reading “Perhaps they have quarreled among themselves,” said young Harmon.
