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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 Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
air
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
away
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
baggage-camels
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From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
black
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
bordered
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
brown
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
camel-grass
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
caravan
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From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
cause
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
clearness
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
dry
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
edging
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
enough
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
evening
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
everywhere
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
extended
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
fantastic
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
far
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
front
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
gravelly
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
ground-swell
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
hard
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
high
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
hills
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
journeyed
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
landscape
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
line
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
now
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
occasional
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
onwards
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
orange
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
out
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
pebbles
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
plain
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
pure
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
region
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
river
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
rolling
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
rounded
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
sage-green
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
sand
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
shimmer
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
shining
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
show
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
sloped
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
slow
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From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
spot
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
sprouts
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
straggled
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From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
sun
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
sunset
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
surface
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From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
swing
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From this reading The long caravan straggled along at the slow swing of the baggage-camels.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
There
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
tropical
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
upwards
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
very
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From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
violet
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From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Behind and before it extended, to where far away in front of them it sloped upwards towards a line of violet hills.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
wide
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From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The region of fantastic black hills and orange sand which bordered the river had long been left behind, and everywhere now was the same brown, rolling, gravelly plain, the ground-swell with the shining rounded pebbles upon its surface, and the occasional little sprouts of sage-green camel-grass.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The sun was not high enough yet to cause the tropical shimmer, and the wide landscape, brown with its violet edging, stood out with a hard clearness in that dry, pure air.
