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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
back
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
backs
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
Breakfast
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
bulge
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
called
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
came
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From this reading Daylight came at nine o’clock.
camp-outfit
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
ceased
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From this reading Conversation ceased.
cheery
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
cold
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
Conversation
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From this reading Conversation ceased.
cries
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
darkness
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
Daylight
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From this reading Daylight came at nine o’clock.
earth
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
eatenverbUS /ˈiːtən/
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
fiercely
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
fire
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
intervened
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
lashed
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
launched
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
marked
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
men
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
meridian
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
midday
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
nine
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From this reading Daylight came at nine o’clock.
northern
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
o'clock
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From this reading Daylight came at nine o’clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
once
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
out
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
rise
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
rose-colour
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
sad
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From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
SHE-WOLF
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
sky
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
sled
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
slim
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
south
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
sun
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
turned
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From this reading THE SHE-WOLF Breakfast eaten and the slim camp-outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness.
warmed
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
world
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From this reading At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose-colour, and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world.
