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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 Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
accepted
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
adopted
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
animal
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
approach
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
Buck
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
clawed
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
climb
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
creature
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
Devil's
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
dispute
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
eager
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
eyes
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
face
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
faithful
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
hill
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
Hitherto
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
home
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
horse's
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
horseman
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
inaccessible
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
laboring
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
last
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
lay
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
leant
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
less
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
LIFE
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
making
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
new
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
now
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
Padre
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
poise
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From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
reason
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
rugged
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
seen
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
side
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
STEEPS
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
straining
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From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
sympathetic
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From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
tenaciously
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
twenty
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
up
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
verdict
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From this reading Hitherto this point of approach had been accepted as inaccessible for a horseman, nor, until now, had Buck seen reason to dispute the verdict.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
whit
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From this reading Nor were his eyes a whit less eager than those of the faithful animal under him.
whole
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From this reading His whole poise was that of sympathetic straining.
withers
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From this reading THE STEEPS OF LIFE Buck leant over his horse's withers as the laboring creature clawed tenaciously up the face of the rugged hill.
yards
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From this reading He was making the last twenty yards of the climb up Devil's Hill from the side on which lay the new home adopted by the Padre and himself.
