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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 ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
always
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
believed
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
breathless
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
careering
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
cattle
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
cattle-king
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
certain
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
companions
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
desultory
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
DISTANCE
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
down
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
ENCHANTMENTnounUS /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/
a magic spell or the state caused by one
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
exciting
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From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
father
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
father's
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fed
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
fifteen
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
furnishing
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
girl
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
heart
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
hills
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
horsemen
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
horses
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
Hunter
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
Idaho
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IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
illustrated
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
industry
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
landmarks
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
lecture
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
LONGnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
Lorraine
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
maintained
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
movies
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
near
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
out
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
picture
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
pictures
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
picturesque
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
playmates
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From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
ranch
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
rattlesnakes
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From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
reached
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
ridden
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
sat
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
taken
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
tales
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From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
thousand
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
twelve
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From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
up
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
walk
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From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
watched
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From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When she was fifteen she sat breathless in the movies and watched picturesque horsemen careering up and down and around the thousand hills, and believed in her heart that half the Western pictures were taken on or near her father's ranch.
Western
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From this reading THE ENCHANTMENT OF LONG DISTANCE Lorraine Hunter always maintained that she was a Western girl.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes.
whisper
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From this reading She seemed to remember certain landmarks, and would point them out to her companions and whisper a desultory lecture on the cattle industry as illustrated by the picture.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If she reached the point of furnishing details she would tell you that she had ridden horses from the time that she could walk, and that her father was a cattle-king of Idaho, whose cattle fed upon a thousand hills.
