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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 From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
Ahead
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
applied
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
bar
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
Boy
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
came
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
camp
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
crossed
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
dilapidated
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
distances
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
dog
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
down
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
exciting
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
flight
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
floor
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
food
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
foraging
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
Geerusalem
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
ghostly
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
gravel
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
gray
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
great
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
Gulch
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
help
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
hopelessly
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
horses
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
howl
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
hut
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
immeasurable
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
known
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
Lennox
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
like
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
lonely
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
looking
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
monumented
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
moon
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither spoke.
night
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
out
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
passed
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
pitiful
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
placid
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
Plains
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
Quintell's
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
riding
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
rock
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
sea
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
sheen
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
side
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
Soapweed
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
some
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
spoke
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From this reading Neither spoke.
spread
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From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
thereafter
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Ahead of them spread the great, gray floor of Soapweed Plains, looking under the sheen of the moon like some placid ghostly sea.
Unlucky
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
Walking
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
went
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From this reading Walking their horses down Geerusalem Gulch, they went, riding side by side.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
wild
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From this reading From out of the immeasurable distances came the pitiful howl of a wild dog foraging hopelessly for food.
wounded
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From this reading They passed the lonely, dilapidated rock hut where Lennox, wounded, had applied for help on that exciting night of his flight from camp, and crossed the monumented gravel bar that was to be known thereafter as Quintell’s Unlucky Boy.
