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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 Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
asylum
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
bawl
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
bellowing
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
branded
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
break
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
brush
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
call
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
calling
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
calves
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
came
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
cattle
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
danger
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
dehorned
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
dense
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
driving
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
eighteen
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
find
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
freedom
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
fugitive
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
full
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
head
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
Herefords
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From this reading The round-up included the mothers, eighteen hundred head of white-faced Herefords.
hills
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
hundred
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
included
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From this reading The round-up included the mothers, eighteen hundred head of white-faced Herefords.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
meadows
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
moaning
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
mother
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
mothers
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From this reading The round-up included the mothers, eighteen hundred head of white-faced Herefords.
moved
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
offspring
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
out
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
peremptorily
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
poured
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
protests
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
rider
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
round-up
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From this reading The round-up included the mothers, eighteen hundred head of white-faced Herefords.
sensing
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
stolidly
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
stopping
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
straying
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
stream
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
temporary
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From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
There
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
unbroken
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
unceasing
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
unwillingly
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
vaccinated
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
weaned
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From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were eighteen hundred head of calves to be vaccinated, branded, dehorned and weaned.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
white-faced
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From this reading The round-up included the mothers, eighteen hundred head of white-faced Herefords.
widespreading
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From this reading Over the widespreading hills and meadows the cattle poured in a long unbroken stream, bellowing and calling as they moved.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sometimes a mother would make a break for freedom and a rider would have his hands full driving her out of the dense brush where the fugitive might find a temporary asylum.
young
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From this reading These, sensing danger to their young, came unwillingly, moaning and stopping stolidly to bawl their unceasing protests or to call peremptorily to their straying offspring.
