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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 DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
Albanian
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
alike
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From this reading The Almighty seemed to have blasted the mountains and the mountaineers alike.
all
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
Almighty
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From this reading The Almighty seemed to have blasted the mountains and the mountaineers alike.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
attempted
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
Balkans
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
bitter
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
blasted
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From this reading The Almighty seemed to have blasted the mountains and the mountaineers alike.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
charge
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
country
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From this reading What a country, and what a people!
DAMNABLE
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
double-barrelled
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
Faber
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
frontier
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
go
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From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
God
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
got
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
how
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
insanity
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
John
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
knows
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
madman
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
Maryska
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From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
moment
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
mountaineers
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From this reading The Almighty seemed to have blasted the mountains and the mountaineers alike.
MOUNTAINS
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
needed
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
people
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From this reading What a country, and what a people!
Ranovica
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
remarked
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Almighty seemed to have blasted the mountains and the mountaineers alike.
story
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
venture
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From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a country, and what a people!
winter
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From this reading THE DAMNABLE MOUNTAINS This was a bitter winter on the Albanian frontier, and God alone knows how the party got to Ranovica at all.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading None but a madman would have attempted the journey at such a moment in the story of the Balkans; but as John Faber remarked, it needed a double-barrelled charge of insanity to venture it in the winter.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet he had told Maryska that he would go, and go he did.
