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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 FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
absolutely
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
all
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
armed
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
blinded
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
Bronco
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
brothers
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buds
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
bushes
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
cactus
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
called
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Chihuahuano
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circumlocution
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color
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
compadres
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
country
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cowboys
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
defeat
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
desert
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
dogged
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
east
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
Eastern
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
Eden
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
everywhere
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
eye
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
fight
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
flowers
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
FOREBODINGS
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
Four
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
fun-loving
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
garden
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
grass
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
hidden
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
interesting
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
Jasper
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
Jim
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
keep
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
large
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
lay
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
like
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
local
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
low-browed
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
man
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
man-killing
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
many
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
Mesa
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
new
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
only
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
others
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
out
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
Peaks
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
pet
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
pleasantly
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
pointing
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
populated
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
rain
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
rollicking
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
saddle
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
sheep
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
sheepmen
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
six-shooters
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
solely
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
somewhere
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
sore
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From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
south
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
sparsely
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
stealthily
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
sweet
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
Swope
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
there
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
tracks
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From this reading After the first rain they had disappeared from the desert absolutely, their tracks pointing toward the east.
untainted
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
untrampled
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From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
variegated
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From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
watching
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
way
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From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And not only Jasper with his pet man-killing Chihuahuano and all those low-browed _compadres_ whom he called by circumlocution "brothers," but Jim, sore with his defeat, and many others--and every man armed.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new grass stood untrampled beneath the bushes on Bronco Mesa, there were buds and flowers everywhere, and the wind was as sweet and untainted as if it drew out of Eden.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
wore
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FOREBODINGS To the Eastern eye, blinded by local color, the Four Peaks country looked like a large and pleasantly variegated cactus garden, sparsely populated with rollicking, fun-loving cowboys who wore their interesting six-shooters solely to keep their balance in the saddle.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading But somewhere, somewhere in that great wilderness of peaks which lay to the south and through which only the dogged sheepmen could fight their way, stealthily hidden, yet watching, lay Jasper Swope and his sheep.
