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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 SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
agent
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
air
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
back
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
became
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
BLUFFS
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
burdened
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
burned
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
bustling
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
cattle
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
cattlemen
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
changed
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
citizen
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
coming
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
crossing
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
dropped
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
Elkhead
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
fairly
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
Fargo
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
find
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
gold
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
hard
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
Hardy
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
hold
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
important
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
jobs
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
leaden-eyed
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
Lee
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
mere
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
most
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
mountain-desert
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
Office
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
Once
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
other
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
out
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
pockets
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
railroad
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
rather
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
respect
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
shipping
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
SILENT
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
sleep
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
streets
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
thronged
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
times
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From this reading At other times Elkhead dropped back into a leaden-eyed sleep.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
town
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
two
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
way
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
ways
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From this reading SILENT BLUFFS The coming of the railroad had changed Elkhead from a mere crossing of the ways to a rather important cattle shipping point.
Wells
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From this reading The most important citizen was Lee Hardy, the Wells Fargo agent.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
win
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From this reading Office jobs are hard to find in the mountain-desert, and those who hold them win respect.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
year
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From this reading Once a year it became a bustling town whose two streets thronged with cattlemen with pockets burdened with gold which fairly burned its way out to the open air.
