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abstention
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
all
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
away
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
best
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
Bull
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
circuit
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
crossed
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
divide
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
evaded
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
face
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
farms
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
father's
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
Feeding
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
finally
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
fire
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
followed
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
food
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
fording
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
frame
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
going
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
grew
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
harder
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
hearth
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
height
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
Hell-fer-Sartin
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
hills
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
Joslin
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
known
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
land
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
lay
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
leading
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
made
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
mountains
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
night
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
objective
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
out
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
own
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
pain
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
reassert
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
Redbird
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
riding
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
rose
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
scattered
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
scrip
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
seasoned
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
set
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
shallow
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
sight
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
Skin
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
sounds
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
spite
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
staff
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
stream
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
stronger
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
summit
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
there
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From this reading He evaded all sounds of life at the little farms scattered here and there among the mountains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
Valley
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From this reading Here he crossed the Bull Skin Valley, fording the shallow stream, and made directly into the harder going of the divide between that stream and the Redbird.
vigor
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From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
WANDERING
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
wholesome
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
winding
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
WOMEN
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
world
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From this reading THE WANDERING WOMEN WHEN Joslin finally rose and set his face away from the sight of the hearth fire he had known, with staff and scrip to start out into the world, he followed along the winding height of land below the summit leading towards Hell-fer-Sartin—the objective of his father’s last circuit riding.
wound
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From this reading He grew stronger in spite of the pain of his wound, in spite of his long abstention from wholesome food.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Feeding himself as best he might, he lay out yet another night in the hills; but by this time the seasoned vigor of his own frame began to reassert itself.
