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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 At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
absolute
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
adventure
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
almost
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
bass
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
black
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
bow
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
box
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
casts
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
chaos
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
cloudless
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
cold
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
commands
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
darkness
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
divines
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
especially
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
front
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
frontier
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From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
hamlet
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From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
hardly
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
heavy
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
house
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
immense
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
inundated
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
Itchoua's
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
light
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
loaded
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
loads
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
midst
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
moonless
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
more
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
mountain
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From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
night
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
now
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
o'clock
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
obscurity
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
other
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
presence
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
Pyrenees
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
rain
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
Ramuntcho
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
Ramuntcho's
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
ready
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
rippling
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
run
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
secretly
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
sees
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
shade
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From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
shoulders
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
similarly
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
sinister
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
smuggled
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
smugglers
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
strings
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the frontier, in a mountain hamlet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
tomb-like
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From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
touched
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
viol
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
voice
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From this reading Itchoua's voice commands secretly,--as if one hardly touched with a bow the last strings of a bass viol,--and around him, in the absolute darkness, one divines the presence of other smugglers similarly loaded, ready to start on an adventure.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is now more than ever Ramuntcho's life, to run almost every night, especially on the cloudless and moonless nights when one sees nothing, when the Pyrenees are an immense chaos of shade.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
winter
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From this reading A black night, about one o'clock in the morning; a winter night inundated by cold and heavy rain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the front of a sinister house which casts no light outside, Ramuntcho loads his shoulders with a heavy smuggled box, under the rippling rain, in the midst of a tomb-like obscurity.
