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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 Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
all
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
anaconda
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
Bellows
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
Black
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
blast
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
bound
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
breath
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
cataract
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From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
cutting
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
darkly
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
Devil's
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From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
distorted
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
downward
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
Dungeon
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From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
EreconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
exasperated
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
fallen
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
Flaked
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
forth
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
frozen
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
Gaining
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
grazingly
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
gust
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
heated
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
hemlock
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
high-backed
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
hind
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
horn-shaped
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
horse
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
laden
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
lay
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
legs
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
light
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
lost
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
madly
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
milky
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
minutes
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
narrow
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
nostrils
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
notch
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
old
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
out
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
pass
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
past
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
pipe
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
pung
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
ram
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
respiration
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
ruined
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
rushed
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From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
saw-mill
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
sending
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
shivered
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
shoots
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
shoved
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
shrieked
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
six
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
slung
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
sped
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
spirits
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
started
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
straight
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
strong
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
summit
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
sweat
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
sweeping
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
ten
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
together
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From this reading Into the Devil's Dungeon horse and cataract rushed together.
tore
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From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
turn
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
two
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
undulatory
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
unhappy
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
up-hill
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From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gaining the Bellows'-pipe, the violent blast, dead from behind, all but shoved my high-backed pung up-hill.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
white
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ere gaining the summit, Black, my horse, as if exasperated by the cutting wind, slung out with his strong hind legs, tore the light pung straight up-hill, and sweeping grazingly through the narrow notch, sped downward madly past the ruined saw-mill.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
world
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From this reading The gust shrieked through the shivered pass, as if laden with lost spirits bound to the unhappy world.
years
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From this reading Flaked all over with frozen sweat, white as a milky ram, his nostrils at each breath sending forth two horn-shaped shoots of heated respiration, Black, my good horse, but six years old, started at a sudden turn, where, right across the track--not ten minutes fallen--an old distorted hemlock lay, darkly undulatory as an anaconda.
