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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 BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
afoot
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
all
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
any
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
arms
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
back
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
bearin
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
Big
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
boy
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
BURNING
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
BUSH
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
catch
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
charm
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
chiefs
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
common
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
desert
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
eye
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
fit
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
gets
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
given
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From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
goes
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
guards
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
happens
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
he's
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
hunting
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
Indians
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
just
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
lodge
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
man
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From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
maybe
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
medicine
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
moon
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
naked
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
off
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
ordeal
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
rank
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From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
ratedverbUS /ˈreɪtɪd/
considered or classified as
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
see
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
shows
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
side
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
sort
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
Spirit
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
starvin
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
stick
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
stone
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
suns
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
taking
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From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
Thar
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
Then
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
There's
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
thirsty
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
too
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
torture
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From this reading There's the ordeal, too, by torture, done in the medicine lodge, so all the chiefs can see he's fit for bearin' arms.
triflin
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
waits
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
wampum
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
war
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From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
war-path
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From this reading He's given the war-path secret, taking his rank as a man.
warrior
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
way
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From this reading THE BURNING BUSH Among the Indians, before a boy gets rated warrior, he goes alone afoot, naked, starvin', thirsty, way off to the back side of the desert.
weeks
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then the Big Spirit shows him a stick, or a stone, or any sort of triflin' common thing, which is to be his medicine, his wampum, the charm which guards him, hunting, or in war.
whole
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From this reading Thar he just waits, suns, weeks, maybe a whole moon, till the Big Spirit happens to catch his eye.
