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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 ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
air
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
AvaricenounUS /ˈæv.ər.ɪs/
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
away
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
bottom
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
came
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
crept
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
crown
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From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
Death
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
dragons
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
faster
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
fled
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
forest
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
galloped
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
galloping
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
habited
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
hand
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
holding
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
horrible
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
horse
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
jackals
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
King
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
king's
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From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
leaped
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
man
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
men
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
mirror
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
nostrils
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
out
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
pilgrim
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
red
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
round
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
rubies
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From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
said
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
sand
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
saw
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
scales
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
seeking
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
shrieking
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From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
silver
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
slime
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
sniffing
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
started
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘For rubies for a king’s crown,’ answered one who stood behind him.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
things
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
trotting
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
turning
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From this reading And the young King started, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim and holding in his hand a mirror of silver.
up
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
valley
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From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
wept
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.
young
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From this reading And the young King wept, and said: ‘Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?’
