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Chapter XVI
CAUGHT AT LAST! “Let’s hold up a little, boys. We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know. We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.” The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
one or the other of two
From this reading “The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CAUGHT AT LAST!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Let’s hold up a little, boys.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.”
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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 “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
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From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CAUGHT AT LAST!
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From this reading “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CAUGHT AT LAST!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
one or the other of two
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAUGHT AT LAST!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let’s hold up a little, boys.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We are safe now, for even if those ranchemen should come in pursuit of us, they’d never think of looking for us here.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fugitives were five miles from the rancho, and they had not consumed a great deal of time in accomplishing the distance, either.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We mustn’t tire our horses out at the start, you know.
