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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 Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
ahead
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
all
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
avoid
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
back
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
came
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
campaign
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From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
compressed
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
difficulty
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From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
dispersed
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
dreaded
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
eager
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
Earlier
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From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
extreme
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From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
eyes
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
fact
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
fan-like
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
foe
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
forced
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
foremostnounUS /ˈforemost/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
gallop
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
glance
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
heard
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From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
held
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From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
horses
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
hurled
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
Indians
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
Jaded
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
knew
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
leaders
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
like
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
lips
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
loading
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
lurking
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
many
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
men
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
mud
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
Once
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From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
only
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
opposite
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
other
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From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
out
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
pushed
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
reasoned
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
ridge
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
rode
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
seeing
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
shot
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
shots
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From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
sight
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
signal
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
sounding
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
spreading
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
spurring
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
staring
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
straight
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
struggling
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
troop
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
trumpeter
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
twice
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From this reading Once or twice the foremost thought they heard other shots.
up
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
vigorous
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From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
volleys
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From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
way
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
well
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From this reading That no shot was to be dreaded from lurking Indians along the ridge each reasoned from the fact that the trumpeter, after sounding his signal and seeing them well on their way, had himself pushed on out of sight.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Jaded as were the horses, it was only by vigorous spurring that they were forced into anything like a gallop.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In dispersed order, spreading out, fan-like, to avoid the volleys of mud hurled back by the leaders, the troop came struggling up to the opposite ridge, many of the men loading as they rode, all with eager eyes and compressed lips staring straight ahead for the first glance at what each knew must be the foe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Earlier in the campaign, only with extreme difficulty could they have been held.
