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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 ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
accompanies
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
air
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
all
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
ANSWER
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
back
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
backed-up
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
bars
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
broke
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
burst
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
came
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
Campbells
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
canyon
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
ceased
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
Corkscrew
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
corral
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
dam
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
dammed
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
debacle
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
dog
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
down
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
driftwood
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
earth
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
earthquake
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
follow
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
followed
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
forced
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
forth
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
get
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
Gorge
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
grinding
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
ground
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
growl
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
hardly
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
high
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
increased
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
knew
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
like
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
loose
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
meant
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
more
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
mud
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
muddy
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
noise
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
out
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
pinon-trunk
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
ran
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
rumbling
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
rushed
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
shudder
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
smashing
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
snapped
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
splashed
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
spray
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
stock
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
then
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
threw
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
tides
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
trees
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From this reading Then more trees came smashing through, followed by muddy tides of driftwood, and as suddenly the debacle ceased.
trembled
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
tremulous
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
up
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From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
waited
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ANSWER The rumbling up the canyon was hardly a noise; it was a tremulous shudder of earth and air like the grinding that accompanies an earthquake.
waters
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From this reading They waited, and Wunpost ran back to get his dog, and then the dammed waters broke loose.
weight
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
Wunpost
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From this reading But Wunpost knew, and the Campbells knew, what it meant and what was to follow; and as it increased to a growl they threw down the corral bars and rushed the stock up to the high ground.
yellow
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From this reading A great spray of yellow mud splashed out from Corkscrew Gorge and a pinon-trunk was snapped high into the air; and while all the earth trembled the dam of mud burst forth, forced on by the weight of backed-up waters.
