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all
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
answered
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
asked
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
bands
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
Bud
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
came
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From this reading "It all came so sudden."
cattle
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
Chot
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
cowboy
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
Dirk
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
dully
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
excited
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
fire
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
first
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
five
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
glowing
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
head
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
here
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
just
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
know
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
make
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
met
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
moment
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
near
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
needed
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
now
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
observed
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
off
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
older
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
only
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
quieting
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
respite
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
rustlers
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
say
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From this reading "Don't just know what to say," answered the older cowboy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It all came so sudden."
STAMPEDE
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
steers
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From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
strenuous
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
sudden
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From this reading "It all came so sudden."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
There
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
two
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From this reading "There must be two bands of rustlers around here," observed Chot.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
Well
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They had met near the fire, which was only glowing dully, now that its flame was not needed to head off the steers.
work
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From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE STAMPEDE "Well, what do you make of it?" asked Bud of Dirk and Chot, when all five had the first moment of respite from the strenuous work of quieting the excited cattle.
