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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 RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
ago
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
antelopes
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
ARROWS
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
Author
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
boy
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
bright
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
BROTHERS
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
buffalo
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
bulls
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
coiled
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
distance
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From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
Early
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
Ernest
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
fretted
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
grass
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
grim
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
grow
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
HARPER
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
high
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
horse
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
hour
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
ICE
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
ILLUSTRATED
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
Ingersoll
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
June
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
Kirk
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
knoll
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
LEAVES
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
LONDON
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
lookout
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
Mexico
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
mound
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
Mountains
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From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
Munroe
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
MUSTANG
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
NEW
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
O
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
occupied
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
old
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
pawed
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
plains
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From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
prairie
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
prairie-dog
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
precisely
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
PUBLISHERS
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
QUEEN
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
Rattlesnakes
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
RED
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
saddle
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
sat
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From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
seen
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From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
sentinels
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
southern
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From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
station
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
Stoddard
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
sweep
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From this reading Mountains in the distance and a great sweep of the plains could be seen from it.
swelling
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
TALKING
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
there
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
TWO
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
used
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
W
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
WAKULLA
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE RED MUSTANG Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Never until that hour, however, since the grass began to grow, had precisely such a horse pawed and fretted there, while precisely such a boy sat in the saddle and looked around.
WILLIAM
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
wolves
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From this reading Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station.
YORK
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From this reading WAKULLA Kirk Munroe THE ICE QUEEN Ernest Ingersoll THE RED MUSTANG W. O. Stoddard THE TALKING LEAVES W. O. Stoddard TWO ARROWS W. O. Stoddard HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS THE RED MUSTANG BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD Author of "THE TALKING LEAVES" ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
