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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 MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
adornments
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
atmosphere
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
back
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
bird's-eye
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
boulders
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
choked
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
City
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
clay-yellow
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
complexion
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
confines
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continue
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
desolation
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
died
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
dropped
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
egg
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
even
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
forbidding
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
forfeit
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
gray
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
great
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
half
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
halted
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
height
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
high
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
hills
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
hold
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
hole
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
horseshoe
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
hospitality
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
ill
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
inspire
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
issued
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
jaded
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
Junction
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
lazy
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
like
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
looked
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
mad
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
measure
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
mid-stream
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
monstrous
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
MURDER
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
narrow
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
never
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
once
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
PARTNERS
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
permeated
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
physically
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
pitted
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
primitive
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
repellent
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
river
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
scruffy
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
sickly
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
sinister
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
somber
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
spoiled
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
streaked
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
swift
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
there
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
town
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
turned
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
uncouth
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
up
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
very
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From this reading The very atmosphere that permeated this hole between the hills was at once forbidding, repellent and sinister.
view
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
warning
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From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
wayfarer
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From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And up from the mad throat of the river, choked against the boulders in mid-stream, there issued a warning which never died.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
worm-eaten
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From this reading Its ill complexion was clay-yellow, and its adornments were pitted and streaked with a somber, sickly, worm-eaten gray.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE MURDER PARTNERS A bird's-eye view of Junction City would inspire even a jaded wayfarer to continue on and forfeit what measure of scruffy, uncouth hospitality its lazy, primitive confines might hold for him.
wrapped
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From this reading On high, it looked, physically, like a monstrous spoiled egg, dropped from a great height, and halted in its desolation and turned back by a narrow, swift river that wrapped itself half around the town like a horseshoe.
