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121
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4
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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aborigines
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
aged
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America
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the Outlaws were thinking.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
any
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
attention
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
barn
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
combat
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
complexions
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
conventions
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
cooked
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
country-side
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
culinary
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
deep
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
disregard
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
else
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From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
engaged
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
fresh
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From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
gait
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Henry, the oldest member (aged 121/4) had said in a moment of inspiration:
Henry
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From this reading Henry, the oldest member (aged 121/4) had said in a moment of inspiration:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
ingredients
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
inspiration
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intended
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
kidnapping
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
Let's
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From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
member
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moment
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From this reading Henry, the oldest member (aged 121/4) had said in a moment of inspiration:
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
occupations
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Henry, the oldest member (aged 121/4) had said in a moment of inspiration:
old
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
oldest
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
other
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
Outlaws
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
palled
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
plunged
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
reluctant
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
represent
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
said
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sat
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
SHOW
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From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
South
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
strange
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
striking
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
success
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
sumthin
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From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the Outlaws were thinking.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SHOW The Outlaws sat around the old barn, plunged in deep thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
tracked
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
turned
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From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
we've
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From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And the Outlaws were thinking.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Let's think of--sumthin' else to do--sumthin' quite fresh from what we've ever done before."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had engaged in mortal combat with one another, they had cooked strange ingredients over a smoking and reluctant flame with a fine disregard of culinary conventions, they had tracked each other over the country-side with gait and complexions intended to represent those of the aborigines of South America, they had even turned their attention to kidnapping (without any striking success), and these occupations had palled.
