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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 Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
accumulations
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
all
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From this reading We possessed, in all, just nine horses.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
any
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
Bagsby
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Barry
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
beautiful
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
Buck
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
chestnut
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
companions
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From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
DIGGINGS
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
Don
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
drove
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
dust
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
eight
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
Fairfax
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
Fort
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
forwarded
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From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
Gaspar
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Gaspar's
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
gold
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
horses
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From this reading We possessed, in all, just nine horses.
how
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From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We possessed, in all, just nine horses.
Johnny
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Jones
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
just
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From this reading We possessed, in all, just nine horses.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
LEAVE
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
McNally
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Missouri
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
much
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From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
nine
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not know just how much my companions forwarded.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
opportunity
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
out
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
pack-horse
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
possessed
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From this reading We possessed, in all, just nine horses.
provisions
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
refused
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
safekeeping
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
sending
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
Sutter's
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
Talbot
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From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
terms
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From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
There
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yank, Vasquez, Bagsby, and Jones drove eight of them out again to Sutter's Fort for provisions--Don Gaspar's beautiful chestnut refused to be a pack-horse on any terms.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We took the opportunity of sending our accumulations of gold dust to Talbot for safekeeping.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Vasquez
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
Yank
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From this reading WE LEAVE THE DIGGINGS There were nine of us--Bagsby, Yank, Johnny Fairfax, myself, Don Gaspar, Vasquez, McNally, Buck Barry, and Missouri Jones.
