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Chapter XIII
The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount. She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle. Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot. It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales. The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.”
in the direction of
From this reading “It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
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From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
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From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
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From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
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From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
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From this reading The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
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From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
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From this reading The girl was a lover of the outdoors and she had been hunting alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
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From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
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From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She carried across the pommel of her saddle a small rifle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
in the direction of
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
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From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Good Samaritan A girl astride a buckskin pony rode down to the river to water her mount.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was getting along toward evening and she was on her way back to Los Portales.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hanging from the cantle strings was a wild turkey she had shot.
