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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 SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
akin
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From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
army
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
associate
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
atmosphere
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
back
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
brain
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
budding
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
camp-followers
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
Chance
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
contamination
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
corners
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
dance-halls
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
eyes
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
fearless
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
filled
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From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
gambling-house
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
gambling-joints
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
girl
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
Grande
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
grown
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
habitues
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
horror
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From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
hotel
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
How
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
infested
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
Kearn
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
knew
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
KNIGHT-ERRANT
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
manner
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
naive
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
prig
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
product
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
repugnancenounUS /rɪˈpʌɡnəns/
strong disgust or dislike showing strong disgust or dislike toward something
From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
Rio
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
rode
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
roughestnounUS /ˈroughest/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
sense
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
spent
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
steady
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
SUPERFLUOUS
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
sweet
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From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That girl with the sweet, steady eyes and naive, fearless manner, the product of a gambling-house and associate of its habitues?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
Thode
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The thought filled him with repugnance akin to horror.
three
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
type
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
unclean
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
venture
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
West
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
whirl
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From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A SUPERFLUOUS KNIGHT-ERRANT Kearn Thode rode back to his hotel with his brain in a whirl.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
womanhood
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From this reading How had she grown to budding womanhood without contamination in such an atmosphere?
women
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
years
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From this reading He was in no sense a prig, but although this was his first venture below the Rio Grande, he had spent three years in the roughest corners of the West and he knew the type of women who infested the dance-halls and gambling-joints; unclean camp-followers of the army of Chance.
