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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 For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
attention
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
braves
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
bring
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
camp
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
Carl
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
commotion
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
few
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
front
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
Harding
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
horses
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
hurrying
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
husbands
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
INDIAN
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From this reading THE INDIAN POLICEMEN.
making
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
men
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
minutes
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
nags
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
off
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
out
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
paid
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
pipes
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
POLICEMEN
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From this reading THE INDIAN POLICEMEN.
preparations
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
saddle
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
said
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
see
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
seeing
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
side
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
sitting
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
some
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
squawman's
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
stand
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
strike
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
tents
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
tepee
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From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
tepees
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE INDIAN POLICEMEN.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
there
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
up
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
weapons
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From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carl, seeing that no attention was paid to himself, went out of the tepee and took his stand by the squawman’s side.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The braves did not do anything except bring their weapons out of the tepees and stand by until their nags were brought up.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
wigwams
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From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
women
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From this reading For a few minutes there was great commotion among some of the women in camp, a few making preparations to strike tents, and the rest hurrying off to saddle their husbands’ horses.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you see those men who are sitting in front of their wigwams smoking their pipes?” said Harding.
