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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 The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
affirmed
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
ago
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
alcalde
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
All
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
amounting
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
back
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
believed
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
bent
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
Bento's
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
Caballeros
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
Charles
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
cleared
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
daughters
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
dollar
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
El
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
entitled
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
existed
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From this reading The waterfall existed no longer.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
foreign
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
Gobierno
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
Gould
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
Government
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
Guzman
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
horses
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
house
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
Indios
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
longer
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From this reading The waterfall existed no longer.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
man
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
many
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
martially
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
month
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
Moreno
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
night
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The waterfall existed no longer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
official
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
old
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
out
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
pension
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
person
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
pretty
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
promised
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
remind
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
respectfully
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
ridden
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
Rincon
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
room
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
senor
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
senora
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
sergeant
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
skinny
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
sleep
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
straightening
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
supreme
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From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
then
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
three
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
valour
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
wars
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
waterfall
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From this reading The waterfall existed no longer.
wheeled
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From this reading And then they had wheeled their horses and ridden back to sleep that night at Rincon.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All he asked Charles Gould (whom he took for a mysterious and official person) to do for him was to remind the supreme Government--El Gobierno supreme--of a pension (amounting to about a dollar a month) to which he believed himself entitled.
wild
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
worships
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From this reading The alcalde--an old, skinny Moreno, a sergeant of Guzman Bento’s time--had cleared respectfully out of his house with his three pretty daughters, to make room for the foreign senora and their worships the Caballeros.
years
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
young
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From this reading It had been promised to him, he affirmed, straightening his bent back martially, “many years ago, for my valour in the wars with the wild Indios when a young man, senor.”
