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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 There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
abruptness
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From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
almost
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From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
Arrapahoe
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
away
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Bear
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
bend
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
big
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Bill
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Black
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blue
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breaking
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From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
bulls
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Burrows
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bushes
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cabin
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cliff
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climate
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deep
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dirty
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down
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edge
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feet
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fell
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full
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From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
gigantic
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
glacier
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gorge
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granite
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grey
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ground
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From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
guarded
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
head
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From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
juniper
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Just
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From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
lake
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From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
meadow
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
mist
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From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
Opposite
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
patch
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pine
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From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
precipice
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
reaching
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rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
river
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roaring
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rose
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rough
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round
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sky
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smooth
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snow
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space
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From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
startling
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From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/
extremely frightened
From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
then
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There
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From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
thousand
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three
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From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
tops
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trees
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two
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From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
valley
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From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
very
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From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
wall
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From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the left was the head of the gorge, with its glacier breaking over a cliff, and the broken river, roaring down the wall, fell into a lake deep blue as the very sky.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were just two or three juniper bushes and a patch of dirty snow, then the rough edge--then space.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Opposite there rose another granite precipice, smooth, grey, gigantic, the valley between reaching away on the right, round a bend, to the meadow where Arrapahoe Bill and Black Bear guarded their bulls.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just behind the Burrows' cabin the ground fell away with startling abruptness.
world
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From this reading One looked down almost terrified into a blue mist; and full three thousand feet below were the tops of big pine trees in another climate--almost in another world.
