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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 “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
ahead
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
ain't
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
any
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
begin
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
believing
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
bridle
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
Bud
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
Canyon
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
case
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
Catrock
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
cheeringly
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
country
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
devious
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
Eddie
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
exchangednounUS /ˈexchanged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
footing
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
gallop
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
glances
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
got
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
guns
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
half-a
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
Jerry
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
led
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
Let's
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
maybe
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
mile
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
out
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
picking
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
reaching
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
ride
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From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
said
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
sinister
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
Sinks
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
speedy
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
surrounding
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
then
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
there
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
There's
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From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
today
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
trail
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
up
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From this reading “Let's begin picking it, then,” said Bud, and got up, reaching for his bridle.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
vouchsafed
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
ways
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From this reading By devious ways it was that Eddie led them out of that sinister country surrounding the Sinks.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
Well
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From this reading “Well, there ain't any speedy trail ahead of us today,” Eddie vouchsafed cheeringly.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In the beginning Bud and Jerry exchanged glances, and looked at their guns, believing that it would be through Catrock Canyon they would have to ride.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There's half-a mile maybe where we can gallop, and the rest is a case of picking your footing.”
