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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 He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
AMONGprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
Buick
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
corduroy
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
deaf
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
early
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
elderly
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
eyes
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
fifty
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
friendly
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
gray
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
hair
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
Heh
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From this reading “Heh?
holes
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From this reading Oh, the holes in the wind-shield?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
INDIANS
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
John
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
keen
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
khaki
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
listening
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
Luy
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
man
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
many
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
met
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
morning
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
next
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, the holes in the wind-shield?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
questions
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
repeated
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
revolutions
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From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
sixty
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
slightly
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
stocky
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading He was a trifle deaf from listening to so many revolutions, and questions had to be repeated.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
Westerner
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From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
wind-shield
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From this reading Oh, the holes in the wind-shield?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was a stocky man in khaki and corduroy, a man of fifty or sixty, with slightly gray hair, and the keen, friendly eyes of the Westerner.
YAQUI
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From this reading AMONG THE YAQUI INDIANS I John Luy met us in an elderly Buick early the next morning.
