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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 Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
all
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
barred
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
black
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
Blackguard
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
Burrows
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
cabins
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
charred
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
chokingadjectiveUS /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ/
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
Claim
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coming
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curves
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
desolate
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
doors
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
Down
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
dry
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
empty
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face
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few
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followed
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
full
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gained
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
gaunt
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
Going
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
haggard
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
hastily
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
heavy
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
high
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
hills
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
horse
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
lathered
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
led
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
locked
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
mill
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
Miss
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
mist
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
moorland
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noon
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Nut
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
out
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
path
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
places
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
planks
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
Ramsay
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
rear
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
riders
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
rode
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
rose
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
rough
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
round
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
ruin
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
sinuous
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
smouldering
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
spectral
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
stable
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
steep
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
swaying
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
sweat
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
taking
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
three
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
Throne
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
timber
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
Tough
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
trail
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From this reading Down the hills he rode, his black horse lathered with sweat, his face haggard as he followed the trail of three riders.
trunks
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
upper
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
Violet
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From this reading Ramsay had led, Miss Violet followed, Burrows taking the rear, all down the swaying curves of the steep places, and along the sinuous path through heavy timber.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
way
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
windows
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From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The doors were locked, the windows barred hastily across with a few rough planks, the stable empty.
woods
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From this reading The Blackguard, coming to the mill at high noon, found it a smouldering ruin, and the woods above a smoking waste, full of charred trunks.
wrapped
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From this reading Going round by way of the Tough Nut Claim, he gained the upper moorland, wrapped in a choking dry mist, out of which rose the Throne cabins, gaunt, spectral, desolate.
