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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 Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
all
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
boat
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
brawling
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
day
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difficult
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
difficulties
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dissolve
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
dwellings
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folk
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
forested
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France
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
friends
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
hazardous
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
Ian
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From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
impoverishedadjectiveUS /ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃt/
Reduced to poverty; having very little money or resources.
From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
lay
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
like
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Lisbon
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
more
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mountain
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north
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
number
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
out
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
Paris
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
pass
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From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
pebbles
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primitive
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Pyrenees
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From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
road
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rolled
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ruder
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
second
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
slopes
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slow
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
small
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
Spain
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
steadily
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
strain
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
streams
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
stretched
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
travel
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
traveled
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From this reading Ian traveled toward a pass through the Pyrenees.
Vigo
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
voyage
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From this reading Behind those weeks lay the voyage to Lisbon, and from Lisbon in a second boat north to Vigo.
way
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
weeks
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From this reading Behind him stretched difficult, hazardous, slow travel--weeks of it.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
wit
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From this reading It took will and wit at strain to dissolve them all, and so make way out of Spain into France--through France--to Paris, where were friends.
worsening
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From this reading From Vigo to this day of forested slopes and brawling streams, steadily worsening road, ruder dwellings, more primitive, impoverished folk, rolled a time of difficulties small and great, like the mountain pebbles for number.
