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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 And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
arms
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
ATTACK
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From this reading THE ATTACK.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
commingled
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
conflict
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
contending
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
death
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
din
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
dumb
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
emotions
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
face
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
father
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
fierce
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
gazing
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
grew
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
groans
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
hand
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
horrors
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
like
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
looking
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
man's
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
many
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
more
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
motionless
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
new-found
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
outlaw
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
pale
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
rage
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
Ray
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
sad
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
savage
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
shoulders
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
shriek
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
Silent
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
smile
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
sound
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
SOUTHEY
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From this reading --SOUTHEY.
speechless
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
strange
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
stricken
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
surprise
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From this reading Silent, motionless, speechless, with surprise and many contending emotions, Ray stood gazing on his new-found father, like one suddenly stricken dumb.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ATTACK.
Then
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
undistinguished
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
wild
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
yell
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From this reading "----Then more fierce The conflict grew: the din of arms; the yell Of savage rage; the shriek of agony; The groans of death, commingled with one sound Of undistinguished horrors."
young
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From this reading And with one hand resting on the young man's shoulders, the outlaw stood before him, looking in his pale, wild, excited face, with a strange, sad smile.
