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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 We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first we tried resistance.
bandages
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
beings
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
bonds
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
deep
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
delivered
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
dreaded
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
enter
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
escape
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From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
eyes
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first we tried resistance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
forest
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
friends
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
granite
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
hairy
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
helpless
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
hope
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From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
horror
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
imagined
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
intense
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
knew
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
loosened
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
made
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
mountains
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
once
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
Piñone
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
position
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
resistance
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From this reading At first we tried resistance.
resisting
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From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
rock
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
saw
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
strong
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
surrounded
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
taking
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
tall
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
tearing
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
There
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From this reading There was no resisting them, and no hope of escape.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
Traucos
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
trees
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
tried
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From this reading At first we tried resistance.
twenty
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From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
untied
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From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
well
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “After our bonds were loosened, and we were relieved from our helpless position by being untied from the trees, as may be imagined,” began Piñone, “we thought that we had been delivered by friends.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On tearing the bandages from our eyes, however, our horror was deep and intense when we saw ourselves surrounded by quite twenty tall, hairy beings, who, taking us by the hands, made us enter the dreaded forest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
wrestled
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From this reading We might as well have wrestled with a granite rock, for the Traucos, as at once we knew them to be, were strong as the mountains before us.
