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The Phantom Herd
The Phantom Herd

Chapter III

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The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.
"We'll have to send out scouting parties.
I need that bunch of desperadoes.
Let's look over by the corrals.
I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.
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The Phantom Herd

Chapter III

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.
Line 2
"We'll have to send out scouting parties.
Line 3
I need that bunch of desperadoes.
Line 4
Let's look over by the corrals.
Line 5
I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"We'll have to send out scouting parties.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Let's look over by the corrals.”

Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I need that bunch of desperadoes.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Let's look over by the corrals.”

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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 I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

anyway

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

bunch

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From this reading I need that bunch of desperadoes.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Let's look over by the corrals.

came

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

corners

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

corrals

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From this reading Let's look over by the corrals.

desperadoes

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From this reading I need that bunch of desperadoes.

go

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got

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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I need that bunch of desperadoes.

I've

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

instantly

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

kind

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knocking

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Let's

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From this reading Let's look over by the corrals.

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Let's look over by the corrals.

Luck's

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

mouth

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I need that bunch of desperadoes.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

out

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From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Let's look over by the corrals.

parties

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From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

scouting

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From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

see

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

send

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From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

set

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

street

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I need that bunch of desperadoes.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

they're

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

together

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From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.

up

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From this reading The corners of Luck's mouth came up instantly.

We'll

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From this reading "We'll have to send out scouting parties.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I've got to go over and see what kind of a street set they're knocking together, anyway.