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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 In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
attendant
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
Berar
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
Britons
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
came
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
comrade's
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
cowedverbUS /kaʊd/
made afraid or less confident
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
cramped
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
curling
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
dawn
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
daylight
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
escape
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
face
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
fact
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From this reading They were, in fact, hopelessly lost.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
glassy-eyed
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
glimpse
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
high
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
hope
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
hopelessly
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From this reading They were, in fact, hopelessly lost.
hour
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
huddled
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
hunger
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
Indian
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
lack
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
ledge
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
like
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
limbs
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
listening
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
listlessly
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
lost
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From this reading They were, in fact, hopelessly lost.
magnified
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
mist
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
mountains
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
moved
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
narrow
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
night
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
north
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
now
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
painful
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
past
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
precipices
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
PROLOGUE
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From this reading PROLOGUE.
see
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
sleep
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
sound
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
spectres
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
spent
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
stature
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
together
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
two
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
unknown
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
wandering
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From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
water
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From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a chilly dawn, high among the mountains to the north of Berar, two Britons were wandering with an Indian attendant.
wreaths
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
yellow
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From this reading They came like spectres, in curling wreaths of mist that magnified their stature; and daylight cowed each with the first glimpse of his comrade's face, yellow with hunger and glassy-eyed with lack of sleep.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading They had spent the night huddled together on a narrow ledge, listening hour by hour to the sound of water tumbling over unknown precipices; and now they moved with painful cramped limbs, yet listlessly, being past hope to escape or to see another dawn.
