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Chapter I
"Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers! Hustle now! What's the matter with you? Want to go to sleep on the trail?" Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “"Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
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From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading Hustle now!
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
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From this reading What's the matter with you?
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
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From this reading Hustle now!
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
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From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
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From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
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From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Want to go to sleep on the trail?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi there, Low Bull, ruste around the other way and round up them steers!
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From this reading What's the matter with you?
which person or people
From this reading Billy Carew, foreman of the Triple O ranch, addressed these remarks to a rather ugly-looking Indian, who was riding a pony that seemed much too small for him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What's the matter with you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What's the matter with you?
