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The Flying U Ranch

Chapter XII · Two of a Kind

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Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.
“Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.
“Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.
I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.
“Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!
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The Flying U Ranch

Chapter XII · Two of a Kind

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.
Line 2
“Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.
Line 3
“Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.
Line 4
I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.
Line 5
“Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading ““Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!”

Everything pronoun US /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.”

Lamented verb US /ləˈmentɪd/

expressed great sadness or disappointment

From this reading ““Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading ““Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.”

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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 Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

alreatty

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

ate

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

away

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

best

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

better

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

boiling

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

burning

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

cheeky

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

chust

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

club

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

coffee

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

coom

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

cooms

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

cosh

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

crawls

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

crisp

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

day

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

Dem

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

der

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

dey

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

dose

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

eats

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

epithets

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/

all things; all of a situation

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

felt

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

fence

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

food

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

German

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

goes

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

grass

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

haste

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

herders

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

hot

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

iss

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

jaw

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

keep

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

kill

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

lamentedverbUS /ləˈmentɪd/

expressed great sadness or disappointment

From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

laugh

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

leafs

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

leetle

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

like

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

Looks

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

lower

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

mit

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

much

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

muddy

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

neck

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

old

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

out

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

partisan

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

pasture

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

Patsy

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

place

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

placed

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

pleece

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

poured

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

punch

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

py

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

ravenous

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

ride

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

rock

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

rocks

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

sets

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

sheeps

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From this reading “Dem sheeps, dey coom by der leetle pasture,” he lamented while he poured coffee muddy from long boiling.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

some

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

soon

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

sore

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

staunch

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

sthicking

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

throw

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

trembling

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

tried

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

troubles

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From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

und

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

valks

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

vires

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

vool

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From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

whole

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From this reading “Und' dose herders, dey sets dem by der rock and laugh till I felt like I could kill der whole punch, by cosh!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Patsy, staunch old partisan that he was, placed before them much food which he had tried his best to keep hot without burning everything to a crisp, and while they ate with ravenous haste he told, with German epithets and a trembling lower jaw, of his troubles that day.

yells

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From this reading I goes out mit a club, py cosh, und der sheeps chust looks und valks by some better place alreatty, und I throw rocks and yells till mine neck iss sore.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “Looks like dey know so soon you ride away, und dey cooms cheeky as you pleece, und eats der grass und crawls under der fence and leafs der vool sthicking by der vires.