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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 WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
apparently
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
away
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
beaten
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
broad
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
building
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
cavalry
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
crest
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
crossed
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
cut
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
daily
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
dazzling
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
DECISION
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
desolate
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
desolation
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
dilapidated
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
directed
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
dusky
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
else
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
especially
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
Farmer
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
few
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
frame
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
frontier
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
frozen
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
Government
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
groves
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
houses
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
league
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
like
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
low
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
maligned
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
molestation
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
night
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
out
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
outpost
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
people
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
police
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
prairie
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
pushed
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
recognized
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
rises
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
rolled
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
rose
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
sea
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
sent
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
served
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
settlement
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
several
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
skyline
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
snow
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
south
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
southwards
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
speak
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
spent
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
squadron
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
States
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
Then
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
There
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
town
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
trail
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
troopers
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
United
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From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
visible
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
wakes
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
week
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From this reading Then he pushed on southwards, and passed a week in the especially desolate settlement he had been directed to.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It served as outpost for a squadron of United States cavalry, and the troopers daily maligned the Government which had sent them into that desolation on police duty.
white
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From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading A few dilapidated frame houses rose out of the white wilderness beside the broad, beaten trail, and, for here the prairie rolled south in long rises like the wakes of a frozen sea, a low wooden building on the crest of one cut the skyline a league away.
willows
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From this reading There was nothing else visible but a few dusky groves of willows and dazzling snow.
Witham
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
WITHAM'S
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
wooden
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From this reading WITHAM'S DECISION Farmer Witham crossed the frontier without molestation and spent one night in a little wooden town, where several people he did not speak to apparently recognized him.
