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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 Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
abruptly
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
advertising
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
bandit
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
blue
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
cantered
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
care
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
cloud
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
cowboys
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
days
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
dozen
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
dust
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
fact
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
Fight
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
flung
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
front
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
Gaming
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
guerrillas
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
horses
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
infamous
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
jingling
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
knew
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
known
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
Los
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
main
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
oasis
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
older
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
out
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
paint
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
Palace
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
PlainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
Portales
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
Quantrell's
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
raids
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
rapid
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
red
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
refreshment
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
revolver
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
riders
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
rode
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
Saloon
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
second
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
shots
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
sky
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
spurs
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
street
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
swung
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
three
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From this reading A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
Tolleson's
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
town
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From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
trailed
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From this reading The riders pulled up abruptly in front of Tolleson's Gaming Palace & Saloon, swung from their horses, and trailed with jingling spurs into that oasis of refreshment.
up
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From this reading The Fight Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come to paint the town red and did not care who knew it.
wild
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
yell
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From this reading One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell he had known in the days when he rode with Quantrell's guerrillas on the infamous raids of that bandit.
