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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 When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
All
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
banks
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
beauty
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From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
broke
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From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
defiles
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
direction
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
down
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
enabled
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
far
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
gust
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
heads
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
hemmed
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
Hope's
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
horizon
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
hurtling
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
intimate
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
intricate
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
irregular
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
knowledge
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
larch
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
lay
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
lost
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
marvellous
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From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
More
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
mountains
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
night
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
once
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
only
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
other's
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
paths
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
peaks
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
peeping
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
pine
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
regain
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
rock-strewn
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From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
rocky
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
savage
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From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
scene
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From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
shoulders
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
side
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
snow-capped
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From this reading In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other’s shoulders to the far horizon.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
steep
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
suspended
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From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All night their course lay through intricate defiles and over irregular and rock-strewn paths.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
way
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From this reading More than once they lost their way, but Hope’s intimate knowledge of the mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage beauty lay before them.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.
