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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 Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
air
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
all
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
bank
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
Baron
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
bend
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
bluffs
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
book
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
breakfast
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
chopped
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
cigar
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
clothes-bag
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
comfortably
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
Company
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
Courbertin
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
day's
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
dishes
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
dogs
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
down
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
eddy
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
eyes
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
fed
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
finished
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
firewoodnounUS /ˈfirewood/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
formed
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
fresh
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
Frona
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
hung
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
island
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
Jacob
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
lapses
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
lay
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
lighted
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
midst
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
millions
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
mines
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
more
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
out
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
pines
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
race
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
remembered
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
rescue
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
river
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
robes
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From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
search
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
seat
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
settled
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
spit
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
strange
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
strayed
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
supply
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
tail
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
Then
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
there
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From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frona finished the breakfast dishes, hung out the robes to air, and fed the dogs.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
two
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
up
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
uprooted
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
Welse
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From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning, Jacob Welse, for all of the Company and his millions in mines, chopped up the day's supply of firewood, lighted a cigar, and went down the island in search of Baron Courbertin.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The rescue and the race were still fresh with her, though there were strange lapses, here and there, of which she remembered little.
Wordsworth
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From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Then she took a worn Wordsworth from her clothes-bag, and, out by the bank, settled herself comfortably in a seat formed by two uprooted pines.
Yukon
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From this reading But she did no more than open the book; for her eyes strayed out and over the Yukon to the eddy below the bluffs, and the bend above, and the tail of the spit which lay in the midst of the river.
