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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 A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
Benson
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
Blake
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
bluffs
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
breakfast
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
consequences
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From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
Day
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
days
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
Disastrous
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From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
distance
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
dividing
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
driving
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
embers
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
factory
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
few
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
follow
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From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
four
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
Indian
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
indicate
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
infused
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
isolated
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
junipers
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
leaning
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
leaves
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
led
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
Light
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
log
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
longest
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
looking
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
made
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
meat
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
met
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
miles
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
missing
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From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
neighborhood
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
opposite
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
out
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
pannikin
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
peculiarly
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
RESPITE
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
rock
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
sat
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
savage
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
see
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
shelter
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
side
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
slab
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
snow
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From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
stretch
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
tea
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
there
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
three
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From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
trapper
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
twice
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
two
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
unfortunate
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
untimbered
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
weak
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From this reading A pannikin of weak tea made from leaves which already had been twice infused stood among the embers; and Benson was leaning over a log, dividing the last of the meat.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
wide
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From this reading This was peculiarly unfortunate, because an Indian trapper whom they had met two days before had told them that their course led across a wide untimbered stretch, on the opposite side of which one or two isolated bluffs would indicate the neighborhood of the factory.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RESPITE Light snow was driving across the waste before a savage wind when the party sat at breakfast one morning.
woods
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From this reading Disastrous consequences might follow the missing of these woods.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Day had broken, but there was little light, and Blake, looking out from behind a slab of rock in the shelter of which a few junipers clung, thought that three or four miles would be the longest distance that he could see.
