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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 And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
adjusted
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
approve
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
away
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
better
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
blanket
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
box
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
camera
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
canteen
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
cinch
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From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
door
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
field
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
glasses
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
gone
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
headstall
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
heave
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
heinous
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
holes
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
impatience
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
impressed
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
instead
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
Jake
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
knew
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
led
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
loaded
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
managed
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
Mary
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
now
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
off
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
out
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From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
place
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
restlessly
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
rifle
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
saddle
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
seem
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
shed
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
sins
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
size
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From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
stepped
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, impressed now with the size of Jake, she stood on a box and let out the headstall two holes.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
tie
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From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
tip-toes
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From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But she led him over to the shed door and adjusted the saddle blanket and, standing on her tip-toes, managed to heave her saddle into place.
too
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From this reading The cinch had to be let out too.
trembling
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
two
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
V
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From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Jake did not seem to approve of her camera and canteen and field glasses and rifle, and stepped restlessly away from her when she went to tie them on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mary V was trembling with impatience to be gone, now that she had two heinous sins loaded upon her conscience instead of one, but she knew better than to start off before her saddle was right.
