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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 A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
all
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
beast
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best
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
better
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
bitterness
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From this reading A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
brain
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
characteristics
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
crushed
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
DANCING
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
dashed
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
deadening
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
depression
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
DEVIL
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
directed
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down
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
fires
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
flanks
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
guiding
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
hand
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
headlong
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
heart
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From this reading A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
horse
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hung
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
Jim
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
least
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
man's
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From this reading A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
market-place
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
matter
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
mechanically
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
Mexican
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
murky
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
nature
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
pall
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
proportion
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
quenched
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
racing
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
RED
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
rowels
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saloon
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sense
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
sent
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
spirit
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
spurs
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
storm
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From this reading A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
striving
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
things
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From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
Thorpe
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A murky pall of depression hung over his brain, deadening his sense of proportion for all those things that matter.
time
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
treatment
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
unaccustomed
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
utterly
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
vicious
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From this reading TO THE RED, DANCING DEVIL Jim Thorpe dashed the vicious rowels of his Mexican spurs into the flanks of his horse.
warm
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From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For the time, at least, it crushed down in his heart that spirit of striving, which was one of his best characteristics, and utterly quenched the warm fires of his better nature.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
willing
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From this reading Such unaccustomed treatment sent the willing beast racing headlong across the market-place, while the guiding hand mechanically directed toward the saloon.
wrung
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From this reading A storm of bitterness wrung the man's heart.
