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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 Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
arduous
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
beach
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
became
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
bushes
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
covered
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
deep
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
diminished
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
distance
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
dust
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
eats
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
Fear
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
fearfully
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
going
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
grow
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
hate
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
height
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
hot
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
increased
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
knee
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
knee-deep
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
leaps
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
less
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
like
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
love
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
made
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
man's
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
men
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
miles
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
mist
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
out
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
plain
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
progress
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
rather
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
shifting
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
speed
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
spiky
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
straight
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
stuck
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
succession
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From this reading The progress the men made was rather by a succession of leaps than by straight running.
sun
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
terribly
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
Tough
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From this reading Tough, spiky bushes covered the plain to the height of a man’s knee but they seemed less to grow out of the deep, shifting dust, than to be stuck into it.
TRAIL
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
trying
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
two
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From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
unequal
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
up
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the distance that was between the two men neither increased nor diminished; it became terribly hot, and the going was arduous.
water
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From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
white
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From this reading THE TRAIL OF ONE Fear and hate and love eats up the miles even as the sun eats up the white mist of the morning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was like trying to make speed over an unequal beach covered with knee-deep water, and it told upon them fearfully.
