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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 ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
abandoned
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
abreast
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
alert
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
Armitage
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
ATTACK
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
back
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
business
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From this reading “It’s a strange business,” Claiborne muttered half-aloud.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
camp
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
Claiborne
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
Cowards
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
down
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
fall
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
galloping
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
gracious
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
grim
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
Guiney
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From this reading —Louise Imogen Guiney.
half-aloud
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From this reading “It’s a strange business,” Claiborne muttered half-aloud.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
I'm
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
Imogen
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From this reading —Louise Imogen Guiney.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
It's
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From this reading “It’s a strange business,” Claiborne muttered half-aloud.
laggards
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
Lamar
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
legion
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
Louise
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From this reading —Louise Imogen Guiney.
loves
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
lumber
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
made
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
mistaken
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “It’s a strange business,” Claiborne muttered half-aloud.
near
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
plunged
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
railroad
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
reconnoiter
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
rein
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
ROAD
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
saddle
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
south
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
steep
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From this reading Armitage passed his rein to Claiborne and plunged down the steep road to reconnoiter.
stirrup-cup
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
Straight
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
strange
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From this reading “It’s a strange business,” Claiborne muttered half-aloud.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
There's
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
turns
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
vaultnounUS /vɔːlt/
a stone room, often below a church, used for burial
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
we've
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From this reading “There’s an abandoned lumber camp down here, if I’m not mistaken, and if we’ve made the right turns we ought to be south of Lamar and near the railroad.”
weather-worn
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
woman
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From this reading THE ATTACK IN THE ROAD Cowards and laggards fall back; but alert to the saddle, Straight, grim and abreast, vault our weather-worn galloping legion, With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious woman that loves him.
