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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 (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
almost
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
AUTHOR
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backs
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
Balkan
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
Balkans
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
beech
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
brown
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
C
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carried
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
certain
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
climbing
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
concealed
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
covered
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
devoid
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
dull
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
Emathian
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
ETC
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
face
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
falling
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
familiar
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
few
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
forest
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
frozen
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
greatcoats
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
grey
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
GRIER
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
ground
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
hard
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
HEIRnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
hoods
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
huge
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
II
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
intellectual
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
keen
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
KING
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
Lazar
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
leader
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
leaflessadjectiveUS /ˈliːfləs/
having no leaves, usually because of the season
From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
leather
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
many
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
MARCHES
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
men
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
moccasins
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
mountaineers
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
Night
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
Nilischeff
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
offence
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
other
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
peasant
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
prominent
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
revolt
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
rifles
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
rocky
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
Roumis
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
Second
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
Series
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
showed
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
slimness
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
slope
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
slung
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
snow
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
sprinkling
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
spur
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From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
startled
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From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
stolid
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
SYDNEY
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
termed
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
There
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
tincture
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a face familiar to many Emathian mountaineers, and to a few startled Roumis, as that of Lazar Nilischeff, a prominent leader of revolt.
trace
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
two
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From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
UNCROWNED
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From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
uniforms
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
unobtrusive
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
WARDENnounUS /ˈwɔːr.dən/
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
From this reading BY SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘THE HEIR,’ ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ETC.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading (_Second in the Balkan Series II._) Night was falling in the leafless beech forest which covered a spur of the Balkans.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was a thin sprinkling of snow on the rocky ground, but it was frozen hard, and showed no trace of the leather moccasins of the two men who were climbing the slope.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
wore
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From this reading Both wore unobtrusive uniforms of dull grey, almost concealed by huge brown greatcoats with hoods, and carried rifles slung across their backs; but while one was a stolid peasant, the other had a keen intellectual face, not devoid of a certain tincture of what may without offence be termed “slimness.”
