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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's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
ago
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
bit
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
bluntly
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
booted
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
came
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
carelessly
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
Charlie
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
country
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
cut
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
damned
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
dollars
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
don't
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
entries
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
got
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
Granger
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
grass
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
gratified
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
group
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
highway
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
holder
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
Hume
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
I'm
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
indifferent
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
It's
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
June
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
latter
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
laughed
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
like
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
men
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
merely
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
miles
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
months
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
natured
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
openly
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
out
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
piece
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
place
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
quirt
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
race
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
RECKLESS
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
RED
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
riding
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
robbery
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
rotten
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
SAXON
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From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
Shandon
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
sharp
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
snapped
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
sole
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
sorry
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
spurred
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
stake
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
starting
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
stipulated
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
striding
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
ten
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
thousand
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
travelled
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From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
up
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From this reading It's a piece of damned highway robbery and I'm rotten sorry I ever got mixed up in it."
usual
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
viciously
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The latter stood, booted and spurred, among a group of men who had travelled across ten miles of broken country to this, the stipulated starting place of the race in which Hume and Shandon had months ago been the sole entries.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
words
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From this reading Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
work
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From this reading Hume carelessly good natured, indifferent as usual, openly gratified over a bit of sharp work, merely laughed.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading RED RECKLESS ON LITTLE SAXON "I tell you, Hume, I don't like it.
