Chapter I · Chapter 1

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

capable of wounding

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

for the reason that

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

plural of “brand” — a name given to a product or service

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

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From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

a wide scope

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

moving swiftly

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

plural of “location” — a point or extent in space

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

the force of workers available

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

a relationship between two lovers

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

having or caused by an irregular surface

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

plural of “saddle” — a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

only a very short time before

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

with no problems or difficulties

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

the underside of footwear or a golf club

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

not in physical motion

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

plural of “stretch” — a large and unbroken expanse or distance

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

brought from wildness into a domesticated state

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

move fast, noisily, and heavily

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

plural of “tire” — hoop that covers a wheel

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

plural of “tourist” — someone who travels for pleasure

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading CHIP OF THE FLYING U, THE THUNDER BIRD, SKYRIDER, ETC.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading Made in the United States of America By Little, Brown, and Company.

not known

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Not all of the West is tamed and trained to run smoothly on pneumatic tires and to talk more enthusiastically of the different "makes" of cars than of bits and saddles.

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

in or at the place that

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading There are still wide stretches unknown of tourists and movie men hunting locations for Western melodrama where men live in the full flavor of adventure and romance and never know it, because they have never known any other way to live.

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

From this reading In the Black Rim country there is such a place,--a wide, rough, sage-grown expanse where cattle and horses and sheep scarce know the look of barbed wire, and where brands are still the sole mark of ownership.