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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 OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
accorded
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
ago
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
air
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
army
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
bearing
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
bound
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
brown
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
California
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
coast
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
cold
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
conducted
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
confined
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
correct
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crisp
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
deference
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
dress
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
elderly
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
experience
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
flowers
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
full
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
glad
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
guide
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
hat
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
hotel
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
knowledge
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
later
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From this reading This latter surmise later proved correct.
latter
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From this reading This latter surmise later proved correct.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
man
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
many
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
midnight
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
moustache
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
near
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
OLD
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
only
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
proved
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From this reading This latter surmise later proved correct.
ranch
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
regular
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
respect
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
retires
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
seasons
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
seem
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
several
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
somewhere
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
spent
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
stars
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
stepping
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
straw
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
street
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
surmise
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From this reading This latter surmise later proved correct.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
tradition
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From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
train
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
very
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From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
WEST
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My knowledge of California was at that time confined to several seasons spent on the coast, where the straw hat retires only in deference to a tradition which none of the flowers seem bound to respect.
white
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From this reading My guide was an elderly, very brown man, with a white moustache, and the bearing of an army regular.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As my dress accorded with this experience, I was very glad to be conducted across the street to a little hotel.
years
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From this reading THE OLD WEST I went to the ranch many years ago, stepping from the train somewhere near midnight into a cold, crisp air full of stars.
