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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 This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
Artist's
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
ascending
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
beautifully
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
bright
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
came
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
camera
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
camp
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
cast
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
caught
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
compared
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
contact
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
daily
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
dawn
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
dribbled
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
East
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
event
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
eye
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
fate
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
flood
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
give
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
gods
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
hand
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
hard
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
hat
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
hill
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
Hired
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
Hunter
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
light
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
made
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
Man
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From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
mighty
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
Mountain
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
myriads
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
mystic
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
noose
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
out
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
output
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
overshadowed
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
overtook
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
own
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
Poet
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
pother
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
precedes
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
press
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gods pulled his name from the hat by the hard hand of the Hired Man.
rare
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
respect
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
run-off
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
small
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
spirals
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
splendid
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
Spring
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
stained
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
steam
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
success
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
Sulphur
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From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
timed
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
unceasing
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
vent
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From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
visit
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From this reading This mystic event overshadowed the visit to Sulphur Spring--though that was in every respect a success.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in camp at Sulphur Mountain that the Artist's fate overtook him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was timed so as to give them the last of the dawn--the splendid flood of rare light which precedes the first cast of his noose by the Hunter of the East--and both eye and camera caught beautifully the myriads of steam spirals ascending from the hill, each from its own vent.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
yellow
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From this reading The spring itself, the Poet compared to the daily press, in that it made a mighty and unceasing pother and dribbled out a mighty small amount of run-off--and that the output stained everything with which it came in contact a bright yellow.
