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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 The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
Ash
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
Bernardino
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
car
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
Cheyne's
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
cinders
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
Colorado
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That would come later.
cracked
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
crushed
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
desert
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
drivers
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
drought
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
dry
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
dust
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
east
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
Flagstaff
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
flicked
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
followed
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
forests
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
Fork
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fro
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
grade
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
grades
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
hammering
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
heat
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
hills
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
ice
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
later
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From this reading That would come later.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
Mohave
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
Mrs
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
neck
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
needle
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
Needles
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
past
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
put
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
quarries
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
rattled
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
remote
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
River
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
roof
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
San
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
six-foot
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
skies
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
speed
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
speed-indicator
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
sucked
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That would come later.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
toiled
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
turned
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From this reading The heat of the desert followed the heat of the hills as they turned east to the Needles and the Colorado River.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
up
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
utter
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From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
wagged
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
wastes
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
way
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From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The six-foot drivers were hammering their way to San Bernardino and the Mohave wastes, but this was no grade for speed.
wheels
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The car cracked in the utter drought and glare, and they put crushed ice to Mrs. Cheyne's neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, toward Flagstaff, where the forests and quarries are, under the dry, remote skies.
whirl
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
whirling
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From this reading The needle of the speed-indicator flicked and wagged to and fro, the cinders rattled on the roof, and a whirl of dust sucked after the whirling wheels.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would come later.
