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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 I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
able
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
any
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
away
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
beckoning
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
burro
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
business
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butte
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
buying
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
camp
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
can't
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
Casey
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considered
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country
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
deep
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
destiny
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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don't
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evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
fastest
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
fellow's
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felt
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
finger
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
follow
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
give
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
gold
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
gulches
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
hand
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happiness
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
heard
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
important
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
Injun
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
jacks
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
Jim
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
lend
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lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
lucky
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
made
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
night
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
nooning
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
other
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From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
out
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own
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particular
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
peaks
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
personal
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From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
reach
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
really
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
ridged
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
Ryan
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says
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From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
search
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
several
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
some
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somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
squared
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From this reading For the first time since he first heard of the Injun Jim gold mine, Casey felt that he was really "squared away" to the search.
started
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stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
stopping
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straight
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sundown
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He says he can't remember being left alone at any time in his life to follow the beckoning finger of his own particular destiny.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
two
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From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
walking
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
welfare
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From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
well
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From this reading We had been lucky in our burro buying, and he had two of the fastest walking jacks in the country, so that he was able to give them a good long nooning and still reach the foot of the butte and make camp well before sundown.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Casey had made camp that night in one of several deep gulches that ridged the butte with two peaks.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I don't suppose Casey Ryan ever started out to do something for himself-- something he considered important to his own personal welfare and happiness--without running straight into some other fellow's business and stopping to lend a hand.
