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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
barks
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
Barrens
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
betrayed
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
brake
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
breaks
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
buffalo-wallows
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
Came
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
camp
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
children
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
DeadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
deer
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
dog-ape
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
down
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
dreamers
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
dreaming
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
East
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
faith
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
go
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
grave-mound
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
graze
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
greatly
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
HearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
heat-rotted
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
herd
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
hollows
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
jungle
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
kloof
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
lead
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
lent
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
made
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
man's
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
man-stifled
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
NeednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
now
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
packs
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
Power
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
roads
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
sky-line
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
Song
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
Soul
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
steer
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
strange
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
town
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
tumbles
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
Vision
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
ways
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From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the deer breaks -- as the steer breaks -- from the herd where they graze, In the faith of little children we went on our ways.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
West
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Song of the Dead in the East -- in the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof -- in the brake of the buffalo-wallows.
Whisper
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From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
wolverene
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From this reading Song of the Dead in the West -- in the Barrens, the waste that betrayed them, Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them; Hear now the Song of the Dead!
yearned
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From this reading I We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the man-stifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down.
