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1069
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From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
All
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
alternated
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
assured
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
attempt
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
attended
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
bitter
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
boy
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
called
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
child
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
compound
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
de
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
deepened
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
desperate
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
Dismal
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
dry
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From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
east
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
enough
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
fell
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
felt
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
frost
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
grief
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
hatred
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
hopeless
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
Hugo
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
interest
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
keen
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
likely
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
loss
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
Malville
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
March
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
marshes
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
mourned
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
natives
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
objects
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
occurred
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From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
only
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
out
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
penetrable
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
proportions
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
protected
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
rain
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
Rarely
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From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
render
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
revenge
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
risked
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
root
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
set
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
shrank
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
snow
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
spring
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From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
success
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
summer
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
Swamp
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
sword
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rarely had a spring occurred so dry as that of 1069.
thaw
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
thirst
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
vengeance
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
vermin
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
waited
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From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But frost alternated with thaw, and snow with rain, and no attempt was likely to be attended with success; so he waited and added compound interest to his thirst for vengeance.
watercourses
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
well
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
winds
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From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
winter
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From this reading All that winter Hugo de Malville had mourned in hopeless grief the loss of his boy--his only child; but at length grief deepened into one bitter thirst--a thirst for revenge.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the beginning of March dry winds set in from the east, no rain fell, and the watercourses shrank to summer proportions.
woods
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From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That the Dismal Swamp protected the objects of his hatred from his sword he felt well assured; and had the frost been keen enough to render the marshes penetrable, he would have risked all in a desperate attempt to root out the vermin, as he called the poor natives, from the woods.
