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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 I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
accepts
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
addition
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
admit
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
afoot
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
all
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
bald
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
belonged
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
breakers
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
cared
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
clashes
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
deal
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
ease
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
failed
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
fault
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
felt
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
fingering
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
fingers
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
Force
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
happen
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
head
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
I'd
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
keen
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
keeping
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
La
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
law
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
live
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
mood
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
more
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
Mounted
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
OUTLAWED
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From this reading OUTLAWED.
own
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
Pere's
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
Policeman
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
prairie
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
precaution
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
pretty
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
responsibility
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
sat
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
scheming
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
second
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
sense
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
shoulders
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
slip
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
small
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
sore
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
ten
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
there
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
thoughts
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From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
thousand
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From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
tradition
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
unqualified
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
up
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
victory
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From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I sat where I was for a while, fingering my sore head and keeping my thoughts to myself, for I had a keen sense of the mood he was in.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
willing
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the second time, through no fault of his own, he had failed to live up to that tradition of the Force which accepts nothing short of unqualified victory for a Mounted Policeman when he clashes with breakers of the law.
woman
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From this reading And, in addition, he had let slip through his fingers a fortune that belonged to a woman for whom he cared a great deal more than he was willing to admit.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I felt pretty small and ashamed myself, to think of the ease with which they had left us afoot on the bald prairie after all our scheming, our precaution against something we were sure would happen; and there was no responsibility on my shoulders--except for that ten thousand of La Pere's, which I was beginning to think I'd looked my last upon.
