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1848
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
abject
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
all
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
back
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
Banion's
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
banked
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
capable
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From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
cattle
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
chilled
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
confusion
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
despair
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
discontent
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
DIVISION
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
effects
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From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
entire
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
evasion
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From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
fires
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
gone
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
goods
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
gregarious
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
hundred
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
impaired
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
individual
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
lay
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
miserable
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
more
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Organization there now was none.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
now
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From this reading Organization there now was none.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
Organization
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From this reading Organization there now was none.
out
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
self-reliance
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
sense
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
Sodden
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
stampeded
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
storm
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From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
there
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From this reading Organization there now was none.
train
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
two
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
units
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
utter
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
Vermilion
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
wagon
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From this reading THE DIVISION The great wagon train of 1848 lay banked along the Vermilion in utter and abject confusion.
wagons
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Organization there now was none.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The effects of the storm were not so capable of evasion.
wiped
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
work
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From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But for Banion's work with the back fires the entire train would have been wiped out.
wretched
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From this reading Sodden, wretched, miserable, chilled, their goods impaired, their cattle stampeded, all sense of gregarious self-reliance gone, two hundred wagons were no more than two hundred individual units of discontent and despair.
