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Chapter XXVII
Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house. To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting. One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?” “Better and better every day, Dick. Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Better and better every day, Dick.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ““Better and better every day, Dick.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
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From this reading “Better and better every day, Dick.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
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From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
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From this reading “Better and better every day, Dick.
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From this reading “Better and better every day, Dick.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Better and better every day, Dick.
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
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From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
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From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading One of them asked: “How're things coming, Arlie?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
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From this reading Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
which person or people
From this reading To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting.
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From this reading Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
