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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 A STRANGE LETTER.
alarm
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
allotted
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Bird
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Bonnie
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Brown
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
burden
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
captive
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
chief
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
discovery
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
double
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
dum
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
Elk
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
eyes
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
founded
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
imagined
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
Indian
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Jack
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
LETTER
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From this reading A STRANGE LETTER.
made
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
mare
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
met
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
moment
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
months
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
nearly
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
Nellie
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
niece
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
opened
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
Pawnee
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
rascally
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Rasco's
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
reservation
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
return
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
revelation
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
riding
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
safe
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
scout
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From this reading For the moment the great scout was nearly dum founded by the revelation.
several
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
shifted
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
started
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
stolen
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
STRANGE
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From this reading A STRANGE LETTER.
territorial
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
tribe
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From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
up
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Winthrop
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
Winthrop's
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From this reading As Yellow Elk shifted his fair burden, Nellie Winthrop's eyes opened and she started up in alarm.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He had not met Yellow Elk for several months, and had imagined that the Indian chief was safe within the territorial reservation allotted to him and his tribe.
Yellow
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From this reading To return to Pawnee Brown at the time when he made the double discovery that Yellow Elk, the rascally Indian, was riding his stolen mare, Bonnie Bird, and had as his fair captive Nellie Winthrop, Jack Rasco's niece.
