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abounded
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
arms
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
Bar
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From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
belonged
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
blind
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
Bloody
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
bunkhouse
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Cheerio
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From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
concerning
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
diverse
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
dukes
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
earls
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
emanating
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
Encyclopædia
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
Englishman's
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
fact
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
father
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
fiery
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
furnished
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
generations
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
girl
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
Hilda
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
information
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
intelligence
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
intuitively
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
kings
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
knew
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
literature
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living
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
lords
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
medium
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
named
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
nature
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
newspapers
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
O
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From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
off
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
old
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
parasites
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
patronage
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
places
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
power
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
princes
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From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
ranch
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recognized
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
reconciled
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From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
sand
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
stranger
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sweat
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
tawdry
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
there
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From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
toil
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
underdogs
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
unseat
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From this reading “Bloody parasites,” her father had named them, “living for generations off the blood and sweat and toil of the poor, blind underdogs who had not the intelligence or the ‘sand’ to unseat them from power.”
up
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
upper
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
vaguely
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading One there was at O Bar O who could not be reconciled to Cheerio.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even the Encyclopædia had furnished the girl with information concerning kings and princes, lords and dukes, and earls that abounded in diverse places in the old world.
world
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From this reading Hilda intuitively recognized the fact that this stranger on the ranch belonged to that “upper world” of which she knew vaguely through the medium of newspapers and tawdry literature emanating from the bunkhouse.
young
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From this reading Her fiery young nature was up in arms at the thought of “that Englishman’s patronage.”
