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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 On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
Asiatic
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
battered
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
bearded
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
belt
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
buckle
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
carriers
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
caught
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
cold
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
dress
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
exploring
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
eye
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
face
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She pressed forward to look at it.
glaring
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
gray
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
group
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
guides
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
heavily
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
heavy
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
hood
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
initials
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She pressed forward to look at it.
leather
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She pressed forward to look at it.
made
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
man
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
old
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
pattern
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
peasant
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
peasants
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
people
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
plateaunounUS /plateau/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
pressed
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From this reading She pressed forward to look at it.
recognizable
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
saw
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
second
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
showing
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
soggy
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
sunlight
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
Tibetan
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She pressed forward to look at it.
twisted
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
two
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
well-equipped
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From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
white
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the first, a group of peasants; with the second, the guides and carriers of a well-equipped exploring party.
woman
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From this reading On a gray, cold, soggy Tibetan plateau stood glaring at one another two white people--a man and a woman.
woman's
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From this reading The woman's eye had caught the sunlight on this buckle before she saw that the heavily bearded face under the hood was white.
wore
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From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading The man wore the dress of a peasant, but around him was a leather belt--old, worn, battered--but a recognizable belt of no Asiatic pattern, and showing a heavy buckle made in twisted initials.
