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Chapter IV
ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen. Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks. He drank first and then studied them. And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain. For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He drank first and then studied them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.”
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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 And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
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From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
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From this reading He drank first and then studied them.
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From this reading And slowly there came a frown into his eyes, and then a look of pain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
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From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ON THE floor of the Devil’s Pocket Dick Farley came upon the trail again as he had foreseen.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
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From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
at the time that
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where it ran from the ridges across the creek he found tracks.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For there were the tracks of one horse, and of a man’s boot-heels in the soft wet soil—tracks a month old, the tracks which Johnny Watson had left when he drew out of the valley to find his partner.
