adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
blackadjectiveUS /blæk/
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
bottomnounUS /ˈbɑːtəm/
the lower side of anything
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
CaldernounUS /ˈkɔːldər/
United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
cattlenounUS /ˈkætəl/
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
centurynounUS /ˈsentʃəri/
a period of 100 years
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
clothesnounUS /kloʊðz/
clothing in general
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
disguisedadjectiveUS /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
drawingnounUS /ˈdrɔːɪŋ/
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
DustverbUS /dʌst/
remove the dust from
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
eighteenthadjectiveUS /eɪˈtiːnθ/
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
facenounUS /feɪs/
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
greyadjectiveUS /ɡreɪ/
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been a long ride.
hairnounUS /her/
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
hangingnounUS /ˈhæŋɪŋ/
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
hatnounUS /hæt/
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
headnounUS /hed/
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
highlandnounUS /ˈhaɪlənd/
elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
hillsnounUS /hɪlz/
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
horsenounUS /hɔːrs/
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
landnounUS /lænd/
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
lightadjectiveUS /laɪt/
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It had been a long ride.
ManyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
milenounUS /maɪl/
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
northnounUS /nɔːrθ/
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
NowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
PARTNERSnounUS /ˈpɑːrtnərz/
plural of “partner” — a person's partner in marriage
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
ponynounUS /ˈpoʊniː/
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
powderedadjectiveUS /ˈpaʊdərd/
consisting of fine particles
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
rideverbUS /raɪd/
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading It had been a long ride.
sicklyadjectiveUS /ˈsɪkli/
unhealthy looking
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/
not in physical motion
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
stretchedadjectiveUS /stretʃt/
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
stuckadjectiveUS /stʌk/
caught or fixed
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
tasknounUS /tæsk/
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
Tex
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From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
thoroughlyadverbUS /ˈθɜːroʊli/
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
trottedverbUS /ˈtrɑːtɪd/
inflected form of “trot” — run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading PARTNERS Dust powdered his hat and clothes as Tex Calder trotted his horse north across the hills.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
wignounUS /wɪɡ/
hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
From this reading His face was a sickly grey, and his black hair might have been an eighteenth century wig, so thoroughly was it disguised.
willowsnounUS /ˈwɪloʊz/
plural of “willow” — any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
woundnounUS /waʊnd/
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Many a long mile wound back behind him, and still the cattle pony, with hanging head, stuck to its task.
yellow-greenadjective
of a color midway between yellow and green
From this reading Now he was drawing out on a highland, and below him stretched the light yellow-green of the willows of the bottom land.
