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ACCOUNTSnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MENEHWEHNA SETTLES ACCOUNTS.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
astray
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
awaking
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
awed
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
awfully
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
beasts
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
camp-fire
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
challenge
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
crouched
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
cry
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
darkness
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
distances
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
dreams
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
ear
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
falling
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far
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
felt
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
forest
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
halting
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From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
Hitherto
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
immense
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
inhabited
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
intervals
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
John
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
lay
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
less
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
loneliness
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
MENEHWEHNA
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From this reading MENEHWEHNA SETTLES ACCOUNTS.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
night-voices
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
now
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From this reading But now, as he crouched behind Menehwehna, he felt it to be no less awfully inhabited.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
plain
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
push
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
rare
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
river
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From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
SETTLES
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From this reading MENEHWEHNA SETTLES ACCOUNTS.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
there
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From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
very
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From this reading Hitherto the forest had awed John by its loneliness; its night-voices, falling at rare intervals on his ear and awaking him from dreams beside the camp-fire, had seemed to cry and challenge across immense distances as though the very beasts were far astray.
Weary
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From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Weary as they were, there could be no thought of halting.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The river and the plain lay far below them yet, and they must push on through the darkness.
