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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 BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
BANNOCK
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
BED
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
Billy
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
blanket
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
Blue
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
BOOK
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
closed
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
covered
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
deceived
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
directed
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
dirt-roofed
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
door
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
down
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
failed
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
find
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
fingers
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
gratefully
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From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
groped
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
hang
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
horse
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
Just
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
laid
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
leadership
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
led
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
logs
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
loose
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
Louise
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
low
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
man
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
missed
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
nose
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
patted
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From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
peg
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
saddle
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
shortly
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
shoulder
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From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
snow
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
stable
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
straight
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
turn
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From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
unsaddled
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From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
wall
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
way
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From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
whirl
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From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A BOOK, A BANNOCK, AND A BED Blue led the way straight to the low, dirt-roofed stable of logs and stopped with his nose against the closed door.
wooden
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From this reading She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang, failed to find it, and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Just turn your horse in loose," she directed the man shortly.
