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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 _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
afar
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
altogether
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
answer
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any
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
better
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
big
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
bigger
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
Billy
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
boy
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
Boyle
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
cabins
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
cattle
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
Charming
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
chiefly
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
country
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
county
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
creed
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
dreams
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
education
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
far
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
Fight
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
friends
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
geography
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
give
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
horizons
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
horse
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
how
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
hunched
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
ideals
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
ignorantnounUS /ˈignorant/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
just
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
known
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
land
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
line-camp
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
live
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
lived
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
loves
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
loyal
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
outfit
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
owned
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
past
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
present
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
purely
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
range-bred
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
recognize
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From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
riding
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
schools
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
seat
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
sins
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
sitting
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
sixteen
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
sleeping
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
smattering
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
square
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From this reading One creed he owned: to live "square," fight square, and to be loyal to his friends and his "outfit."
stars
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
tended
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
tents
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
things
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
virtues
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From this reading From the time he was sixteen he had lived chiefly in tents and line-camp cabins, his world the land of far horizons, of big sins, and virtues bigger.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
ways
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
Western
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
wild
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From this reading He had that smattering of education which country schools and those of "the county seat" may give a boy who loves a horse better than books, and who, sitting hunched behind his geography, dreams of riding afar, of shooting wild things and of sleeping under the stars.
world
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From this reading He was range-bred--as purely Western as were the cattle he tended--but he was not altogether ignorant of the ways of the world, past or present.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Charming Billy Has a Fight._ If Billy Boyle had any ideals he did not recognize them as such, and he would not have known just how to answer you if you had asked him what was his philosophy of life.
