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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 Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
affected
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
all
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
any
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
apparel
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
beach-road
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
best
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
betray
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
certain
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
common
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
costume
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
crone
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
dirt
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
down
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
easy
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
extension
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
followed
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
forbade
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
further
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
gather
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
glance
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
hacienda
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
haciendados
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
hauteur
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
hill
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
home
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
hound
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
interest
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
lope
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
magnificence
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
medieval
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
merely
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
New
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
noticed
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
old
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
outspeed
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
Panama
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
paused
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
people
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
Poon
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
promised
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
put
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
river
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
road
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
rode
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
RunningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
Solanos
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
Spanish
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
steed
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
strange
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From this reading He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the common people.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
subterraneanadjectiveUS /ˌsʌb.təˈreɪ.ni.ən/
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface.
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
Torres
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
turned
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
unseeing
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From this reading The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of apparel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unseeing glance.
up
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
white
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From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
winding
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
World
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From this reading In all the magnificence of medieval Spanish and New World costume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach-road to the home of the Solanos.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subterranean river.
Yi
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From this reading As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength.
