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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 flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
ACCIDENT
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
addressed
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
bodies
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
bole
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
bosom
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
breakfast
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
broiled
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
camping
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
carefully
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
cheerful
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
chilled
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
clothed
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
clusters
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
coldest
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
deer
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
diamonds
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
dying
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
early
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
eaten
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
embers
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
extinguished
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
fallen
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
fern
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
few
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
filling
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
fire
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
fish
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
flames
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
forest
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
fresh
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
glistened
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
grape
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
gun
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
hard
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
heaped
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
heavy
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
hollow
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
James
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
Landless
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
late
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
laughter
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
lay
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
leaped
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
light
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
like
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
lingered
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
log
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
meat
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
mist
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From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
moisture
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
nuts
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
Patricia
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
place
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
priming
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
raked
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
seen
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From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
spring
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
talk
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
together
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
tree
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
up
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
warming
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AN ACCIDENT It was early morning, and the mist lay heavy upon the forest and on the bosom of the James.
water
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From this reading Their breakfast of deer meat and broiled fish, nuts and a few late clusters of grape, with coldest water from a spring hard by, was eaten amidst laughter and pleasant talk.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they had lingered through it and when Landless had carefully extinguished their fire and had seen to the priming of his gun, they addressed themselves to their journey.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
withered
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From this reading The flames leaped up, warming their chilled bodies and filling the hollow that had been their camping place with a cheerful light, in which the moisture that clothed tree bole and fallen log and withered fern glistened like diamonds.
wood
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From this reading Landless and Patricia raked together the dying embers of their fire and heaped fresh wood upon them.
