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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 MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
already
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
answered
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
Beaumont
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
boys
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
broncho
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
called
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
Cranny
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
cried
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
Dick
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
Dick's
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
down
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
eyes
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
flying
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
Great
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
hard
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
Hello
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
HERD
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
I'm
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
II
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
look
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
machine
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
made
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
mighty
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
MILLING
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
moment
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
move
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
nearest
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
Ogden
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
prairie
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
putting
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
realize
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
rider
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
riding
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
Scott
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
six
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
Sloan
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
somethin
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
soon
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
spurs
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
staring
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From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
there'll
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
there's
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
thinkin
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From this reading “And there’ll be somethin’ down mighty soon, I’m thinkin’!” answered Cranny.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
took
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
Travers
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From this reading “Hello, Dick Travers, look at that!” called Cranny Beaumont to the nearest rider.
unfortunate
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
up
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From this reading “Great Scott; there’s something up!” he cried, putting spurs to his broncho.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dick’s eyes were already staring hard toward the “Ogden II.”
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
Willie
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
wrong
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From this reading MILLING THE HERD When Willie Sloan made his unfortunate move, it took the six boys riding on the prairie but a moment to realize that something was wrong with the flying machine.
