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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 He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
all
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
blindfolded
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
camp
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
coming
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
comparative
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
confined
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
distance
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
down
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
Etzeeah
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
eyes
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
flimsy
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
grizzly
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
Jack
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
Jean
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
loud
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
man-eating
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
Mary
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
meal
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
moment
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
mouth
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
nervously
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
once
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
opened
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From this reading Etzeeah after coming into camp never once opened his mouth.
Paul
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
Paul's
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
prepare
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
regarded
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
Sapi
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
sat
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
seen
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
side
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
some
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From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
speaking
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
started
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
taking
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
tent
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
there
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
trail
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
voice
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From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
walls
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From this reading He regarded Jean Paul's tent as nervously as if its flimsy walls confined a man-eating grizzly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At a moment when there was comparative silence a loud voice suddenly issued from the tent, speaking the Sapi tongue.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He sat down at some distance, and at the side of the tent where Jean Paul could not have seen him even had his eyes not been blindfolded.
wood
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From this reading Jack brought wood, and Mary started to prepare a meal for them all, before taking to the trail again.
