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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 It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
actions
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
adventures
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
any
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
appealed
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
Bar
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
clairvoyant
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
coloured
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
concerning
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
Conway
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
cover
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
crooked
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
Dart
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
deeply
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
delightful
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
direction
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
don't
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
enough
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
Garth
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
going
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
grew
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
guy
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
hardly
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
haste
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
haymakers
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
highly
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
imagination
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
Jupiter
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
knew
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
L-M
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
longer
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
man
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
Mart's
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
mother
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
mused
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
named
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
namelessadjectiveUS /ˈneɪm.ləs/
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
Now
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
Old
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
path
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
play
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
possibilities
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
predict
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
Red
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
restless
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
saddled
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
SHANDON
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
shaping
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
skirt
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
sleep
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
STAND
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
TAKES
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From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SHANDON TAKES HIS STAND Dart had been quite right concerning the actions of Garth Conway.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
ThempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
thoughtful
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
to-night
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From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
tracks
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
unfolding
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
walk
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From this reading "Them haymakers don't know enough to walk crooked and cover their tracks the same time.
war
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From this reading Now with Red on the war path, and me shaping his play right along--" He grew deeply thoughtful over the delightful possibilities unfolding to his highly coloured imagination.
Wayne
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From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Old Mart's going to sleep restless to-night," mused Dart, to whom the adventures of a guy named Jupiter, and a skirt who shall be nameless, no longer appealed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It hardly required a clairvoyant mother for any man who knew both Conway and Wayne Shandon to predict the haste with which Conway saddled and left the Bar L-M, nor the direction he went.
