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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 [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
all
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
arriving
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
away
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
Blanc
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
breakfast
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
brilliant
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
bulge
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
Chamonix
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
departing
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
described
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
dimly
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
distinctness
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
dress
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
excursioning
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
eye
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
eyes
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
feet
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
five
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
gangs
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
glacier
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
guides
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
hand
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
hardly
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
house
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
hump
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
hundred
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
level
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
located
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
Mont
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
more
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
mule
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
mules
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
naked
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
nod
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
out
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
people
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
Pierre
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
Pointue
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
porters
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
put
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
rein
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
rode
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
saw
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
Scale
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
see
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
sharp
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
shield
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
side
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
smooth
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
snowy
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
sun
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
sunshine
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
Telescope
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
then
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
thousand
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
three
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
tourists
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
up
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From this reading I saw her nod to the people of the house, and rein up her mule, and put her hand up to shield her eyes from the sun.
valley
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From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
vast
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
watched
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With the naked eye we could dimly make out the house at the Pierre Pointue, which is located by the side of the great glacier, and is more than three thousand feet above the level of the valley; but with the telescope we could see all its details.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
woman
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From this reading While I looked, a woman rode by the house on a mule, and I saw her with sharp distinctness; I could have described her dress.
yard
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From this reading [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope] After breakfast, that next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watched the gangs of excursioning tourists arriving and departing with their mules and guides and porters; then we took a look through the telescope at the snowy hump of Mont Blanc.
yards
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From this reading It was brilliant with sunshine, and the vast smooth bulge seemed hardly five hundred yards away.
