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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 TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
air
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
back
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
blues
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
came
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
Canyon
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From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
canyons
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
cool
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crept
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
crouched
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
crown
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
dawn
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
distance
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
dust
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From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
east
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
filled
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
fires
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
glasses
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From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
glowed
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
gold
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
haze
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
inside
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
Jail
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From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
lesser
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
lifted
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
MONEY
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
month
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
mountains
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
night
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
notable
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From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
October
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
orange
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
Panamints
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
Peak
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
pinks
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
prospectors
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
purple
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
put
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
radiance
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
return
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
revealed
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
revenge
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From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
ripe
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From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
rose
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
royal
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
saw
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From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
shadowy
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
shroud
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
silver
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
Sink
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
snow
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
soft
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
stained
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
storm
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
sunsets
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
TAINTED
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From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
Telescope
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
there
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
thoughts
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From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time was not ripe for his notable revenge and he had forgotten Jail Canyon and her.
tippednounUS /tipped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
trip
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
up
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
waited
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
watched
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From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
west
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
Wilhelmina
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
wine
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From this reading At dawn a silver radiance rose and glowed along the east and the sunsets stained the west with orange and gold; there was wine in the cool air, and when the night wind came up the prospectors crouched over their fires.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading TAINTED MONEY A month passed by and the haze above the Sink lifted its shroud and revealed the mountains beyond; the soft blues and pinks crept back into the distance and the shadowy canyons were filled with royal purple.
Wunpost
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From this reading The first October storm put a crown on Telescope Peak and tipped the lesser Panamints with snow, but still Wilhelmina waited and Wunpost did not return from his mysterious trip "inside."
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet at last she saw his dust, and as she watched him through her glasses something told her that his thoughts were not of her.
