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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 (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Almighty
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From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
aloud
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Arthur
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Banderah
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Barcroft
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Barrington
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
blazing
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Boake
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
brass
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Bulletin
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
C
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
came
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
cattle
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
country
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From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
cursed
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
dance
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From this reading There where the heat-waves dance for ever-- That's where the dead men lie!”
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Downs
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There where the heat-waves dance for ever-- That's where the dead men lie!”
far
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
fierce
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There where the heat-waves dance for ever-- That's where the dead men lie!”
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Gilbert
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
God
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From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
God-forsaken
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From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
head
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
heat-waves
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From this reading There where the heat-waves dance for ever-- That's where the dead men lie!”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
homewards
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
Jack
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
labouring
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
lie
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
lines
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Ltd
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
men
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
mentally
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
nominal
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
north
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Other
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
Out
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
owner
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
Pearson
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
plodded
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
Queensland
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
rays
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
riding
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
River
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
run
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
sandy
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
set
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
shoulders
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
sky
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
slowly
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
smote
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
soil
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
spongy
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
station
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
stock-horse
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Stories
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
sun
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Sydney
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
Tapu
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For I believe that God Almighty has forgotten it!
That's
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
There
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From this reading There where the heat-waves dance for ever-- That's where the dead men lie!”
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
Tinandra
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
utterly
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From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
wastes
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From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
wearily
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From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading (Barcroft Boake, in the Sydney Bulletin.) Jack Barrington, nominal owner of Tinandra Downs cattle station on the Gilbert River in the far north of North Queensland, was riding slowly over his run, when, as the fierce rays of a blazing sun, set in a sky of brass, smote upon his head and shoulders and his labouring stock-horse plodded wearily homewards over the spongy, sandy soil, the lines of Barcroft Boake came to his mind, and, after he had repeated them mentally, he cursed aloud.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading From “The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories” C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. “Out on the wastes of the Never Never-- That's where the dead men lie!
wrote
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From this reading “_That's where the dead men lie!_ Poor Boake must have thought of this God-forsaken part of an utterly God-forsaken country, I think, when he wrote 'Out where the Dead Men Lie.'
