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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 Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
Billy
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
blasted
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From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
BluffadjectiveUS /blʌf/
direct and plain-spoken in manner, sometimes seeming rough
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
cable
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
chestnuts
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
Colusa
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
convinced
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
counties
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
cream-colored
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
crossed
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
crossing
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
dappled
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
day's
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
drawn
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
EvernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
farms
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
fat
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
ferry
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
flat
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
flourishing
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
foot-hills
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
Glenn
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
grew
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
heat
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From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
horses
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
insupportable
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From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
land
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
lay
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
made
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
manes
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
many
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
men
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
more
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
north
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
only
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
picked
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
Red
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
Redding
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
rejuvenated
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
rolling
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
Sacramento
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
Saxon
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
scorching
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
Shasta
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
shipment
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
shrubs
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From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
sought
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
spruce
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
stock
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
stopping
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
tablelands
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
tails
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
talked
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
Tehama
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
there
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
three
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
towns
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
traverse
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From this reading At Redding they crossed the Sacramento on a cable ferry, and made a day's scorching traverse through rolling foot-hills and flat tablelands.
trees
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From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
up
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
valley
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From this reading And Saxon grew the more convinced that the valley she sought lay not there.
visited
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
wagon
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The heat grew more insupportable, and the trees and shrubs were blasted and dead.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
Willows
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From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ever north, through a fat and flourishing rejuvenated land, stopping at the towns of Willows, Red Bluff and Redding, crossing the counties of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta, went the spruce wagon drawn by the dappled chestnuts with cream-colored manes and tails.
women
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From this reading Billy picked up only three horses for shipment, although he visited many farms; and Saxon talked with the women while he looked over the stock with the men.
