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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 THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
ALARM
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
also
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From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
appear
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
away
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
blazing
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
CAMPFIRE
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
chance
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
CHARACTER
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
circumstances
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From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
civilization
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
CORDIALnounUS /cordial/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
COVER
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
crackling
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
days
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
Desmond
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
desperate
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
far
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
FIGURE
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
FRIEND
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
GULCH
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
HAIL
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
losers
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
MAN
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
MEETING
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
mere
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
Mountains
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
narrow
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
quoted
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From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
Rocky
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
SECOND
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
sitting
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
SOLITARY
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
spoken
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From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
STRANGE
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
taken
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
there
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From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
travel
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
unusual
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From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
very
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From this reading The circumstances that had brought them there were also very strange and unusual.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
we've
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
weird
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From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
Well
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From this reading "Well, Desmond, we've taken a desperate chance, and so far appear to be losers."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
WHITE
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From this reading THE CAMPFIRE IN THE GULCH--AN ALARM--THE SOLITARY FIGURE--UNDER COVER--A WHITE MAN--"HAIL, FRIEND!"--A CORDIAL MEETING--A SECOND STRANGE CHARACTER.
words
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From this reading The circumstances under which the words above quoted were spoken were weird and strange.
youth
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From this reading A man and a mere youth were sitting by a campfire that was blazing and crackling in a narrow gulch far away in the Rocky Mountains, days and days travel from civilization.
