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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 THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
alkali
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
all
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
back
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
belched
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
black
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
Blackwater
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
boiled
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
broad
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
buried
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
burros
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
came
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
canyons
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
clean
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
cloudbursts
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
combed
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
cursing
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
danced
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
DEATH
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
down
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
dust
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
flat
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
flats
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
floods
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
floor
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
followed
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
forth
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
four
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
furiously
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
gleamed
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
glistened
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
heat
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
hills
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
hung
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
jet
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
led
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
level
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
light
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
like
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
lone
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
lost
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
man
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
miles
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
mountains
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
north
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
old
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
out
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
pack-train
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
packs
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
Panamint
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
pass
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
poisoned
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
polished
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
quivered
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
ramparts
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
ran
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From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
rose
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
round
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
saloons
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
sands
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
sea
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
seethed
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
sides
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
Sink
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
sluicings
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
smoke
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
snake-track
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
solid
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
spread
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
Springs
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
steep
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
sucked
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
sun
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
surged
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
swallower-up
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From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
swung
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
there
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
thirty
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
TRAIL
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
twisting
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
unbelievably
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
up
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
VALLEY
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
walled
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
wash
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
waves
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From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading For the Sink was the swallower-up of all that came from the hills and whatever it sucked in it buried beneath its sands or poisoned on its alkali flats.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE DEATH VALLEY TRAIL The heat hung like smoke above Panamint Sink, it surged up against the hills like the waves of a great sea that boiled and seethed in the sun; and the mountains that walled it in gleamed and glistened like polished jet where the light was struck back from their sides.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
Wild
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From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It came on furiously, four burros with flat packs and an old man who ran cursing behind; and as he passed down into the Sink there was another dust in the north and a lone man followed as furiously after him.
writhing
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From this reading They rose up in solid ramparts, unbelievably steep and combed clean by the sluicings of cloudbursts; and where the black canyons had belched forth their floods a broad wash spread out, writhing and twisting like a snake-track, until at last it was lost in the Sink.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the Death Valley trail led across its level floor--thirty miles from Wild Rose Springs to Blackwater and its saloons--and while the heat danced and quivered there was a dust in the north pass and a pack-train swung round the point.
