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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 It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
All
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
artifact
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
away
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
barbed
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
black
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
blind
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
bridges
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
chasms
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
crystals
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
dance
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
dangerous
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
dervish
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
don't
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
down
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
end
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
fingered
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
flashed
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
frozen
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
furrow
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
furrow's
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
glazed
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
glinted
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
groaning
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
half-mile
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
hollow
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
howled
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
hummocks
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
ice
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
ice-slabs
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
lit
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
loaded
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
metal
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
most
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
northwest
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
out
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
penciled
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
piled
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
plastics
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
plowed
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
precipice
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
ridges
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
rock
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
ruler-straight
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
screamed
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
slope
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
snow
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
streamlined
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
sun
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From this reading The sun glinted on black rock glazed by ice, chasms and ridges and bridges of ice.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
there
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
thrown
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From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
top
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
up
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
way
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
weapons
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From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
whirled
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From this reading It screamed over the top, whirled snow in a dervish dance around the hollow there, piled snow into the long furrow plowed ruler-straight through streamlined hummocks of snow.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading It lit the snow slope to a frozen glare, penciled black shadow down the long furrow, and flashed at the furrow's end on a thing of metal and plastics, an artifact thrown down in the dead wilderness.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
wrenched
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From this reading All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded._ The wind howled out of the northwest, blind with snow and barbed with ice crystals.
