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38
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
44
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
abundant
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
article
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
bacon
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
barely
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
bought
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
box
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
canned
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
Carpenter
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
cartridge
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
chambered
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
city
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
customary
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From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
excite
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
goods
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
hard-tack
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
Indian
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
iron
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
kettle
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
luxury
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
magazineful
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
matches
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
meant
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
men
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From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
much
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
oatmeal
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
outfit
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
particular
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
possessed
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
possession
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
remark
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
represented
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
rifle
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
separate
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
settled
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From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
side
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
some
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
sugar
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
tea
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
tent
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
things
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
Thorpe
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
Thorpe's
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
Thus
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
two
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From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
unexpectedly
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From this reading Thus Thorpe and the Indian unexpectedly found themselves in the possession of luxury.
unfortunate
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
value
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
Wallace
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
Wallace's
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
ways
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From this reading The two men settled again into their customary ways of life.
wealth
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
Winchester
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From this reading Wallace's rifle chambered the .38 Winchester cartridge, which was unfortunate, for Thorpe's .44 had barely a magazineful left.
woods
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From this reading The tent, an iron kettle, a side of bacon, oatmeal, tea, matches, sugar, some canned goods, a box of hard-tack,--these, in the woods, represented wealth.
woodsman
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From this reading The outfit had not meant much to Wallace Carpenter, for he had bought it in the city, where such things are abundant and excite no remark; but to the woodsman each article possessed a separate and particular value.
