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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 THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
APACHE
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
back
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
battle
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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believed
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From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
brothers
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
came
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
camp
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
carried
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Christian
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From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
clans
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
dance
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
dead
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
DEATH
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Diego
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Don
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
Excellency
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
governor
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
incredulous
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indeed
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
iron
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
left
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
made
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
many
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
meadows
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
men
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
mesa
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
mourned
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
Navahu
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
new
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
other
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
padre
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
proven
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
record
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
river
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runners
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Ruy
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
said
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
scalp
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
scalps
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
secretary
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
sent
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
stared
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
Tahn-té
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Te-hua
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
thanks
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
there
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
thing
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From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
time
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
TRAP
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true
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truth
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
two
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
village
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From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
vision
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a thing not to be believed by a Christian.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
witnessed
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From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
word
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From this reading THE APACHE DEATH TRAP When the runners carried the word to the river that the vision of Tahn-té had been a true vision, the padre and Don Diego stared at each other incredulous.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The Te-hua men would dance the scalp dance when they came to the village, and two clans mourned for men left dead on the mesa meadows.
wounded
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the runners said that many Navahu scalps and two dead Te-hua men witnessed the truth of it, and the men of iron had proven indeed brothers in the time of battle.
Ysobel
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From this reading The governor made thanks to Don Ruy, who was wounded, and his Excellency had sent the secretary back to camp with Ysobel since there was not anything new to record.
