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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 HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
alluvial
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
became
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
bowels
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
called
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
cases
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
covered
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
deep
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
discovered
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
earth
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
feet
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
few
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
Gold
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
GOLDEN
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From this reading HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
gullies
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
gutter
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
HART
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From this reading HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
hillocks
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
hillsides
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
holes
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
labour
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
lead
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
lost
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
metal
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
miners
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
MR
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From this reading MR.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
picked
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
pipe-clay
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
plains
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
profitable
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
ran
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
REEF
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From this reading HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
riddled
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
SEARCHES
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From this reading HART SEARCHES FOR A GOLDEN REEF.
sinking
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
soil
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
some
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
soon
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
surface
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From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
too
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From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
tracked
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
up
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From this reading In some cases the metal was picked up on the surface, and tracked into the bowels of the earth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gold was first discovered in the alluvial soil in the gullies, a few feet beneath the surface.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sometimes the gold gutter ran across great plains, which soon were riddled with holes, and covered with hillocks of pipe-clay soil; sometimes it ran into hillsides, where the miners tracked it, until the sinking became too deep for profitable labour, or until the "lead," as it is called, was lost.
