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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 IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
Alley
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
Billy
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black
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
Buck
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
close
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
clouds
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
Comstock
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
Corners
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
county
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
cowboy
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
DARK
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
DeadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
dense
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
drifting
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
few
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
fields
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
Fifteen
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From this reading "Fifteen minutes of twelve," he said.
finding
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
hidden
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
Hill's
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
horse
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
intensely
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
leaving
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level
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
lights
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
Man's
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
marshal
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
match
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
midnight
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
minutes
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From this reading "Fifteen minutes of twelve," he said.
night
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
other
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out
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pitch
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
reining
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
riding
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road
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
rode
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
said
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From this reading "Fifteen minutes of twelve," he said.
scarcely
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see
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
side
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
slowly
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
stars
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From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
straight
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
swifter
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
task
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
then
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From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
Thornton
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
turned
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
twelve
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From this reading "Fifteen minutes of twelve," he said.
twinkling
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
Two-Hand
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading They rode slowly until they turned into the level county road and then swifter that they might come into Hill's Corners before it was midnight.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN THE DARK It was a pitch black night, the stars hidden by dense drifting clouds, and intensely still.
watch
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
way
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
winked
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From this reading When at last the twinkling lights of Dead Man's Alley winked at them Comstock struck a match and looked at his watch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
words
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From this reading Buck Thornton and Two-Hand Billy Comstock, riding side by side with few words, turned straight out across the fields, the marshal reining his horse close in to that other horse he could scarcely see and leaving to the cowboy the task of finding their way.
