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Chapter XXVIII
"WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot. Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly. As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling. The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then. This whistling made the mustang uneasy.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading This whistling made the mustang uneasy.
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From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading This whistling made the mustang uneasy.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This whistling made the mustang uneasy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading This whistling made the mustang uneasy.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now and then Buck's horse tossed his head high and jerked his ears quickly back and forth as if he were trying to shake off a fly.
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From this reading "WEREWOLF" Buck's cattle pony broke from the lope into a steady dog-trot.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The only sound which he was accustomed to hear from the lips of his rider was a grunted curse now and then.
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From this reading As a matter of fact he was bothered by his master's whistling.
