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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 A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
abound
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
afford
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
all
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
approach
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
aside
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
back
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
bare
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
beasts
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
breeders
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
brood-mares
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
CABRESTO
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
cover
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
deign
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
effected
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
egret
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
eke
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
extreme
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
feral
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
fighting-bull
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
flocks
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
fowler
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
FOWLING
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
graziers
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
grazing
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
half-immersed
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
hand
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
hardy
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
head
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
heads
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
herbage
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
herds
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
human
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
knee-deep
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
laid
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
land
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
live
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
magpies
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
marismas
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
monarch
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
move
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
opposite
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
out
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
perceiving
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
perched
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
ponies
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
precarious
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
preying
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
progeny
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
pull
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
reed
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
regions
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
richest
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
rides
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
scale
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
scene
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
shadows
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
shaggy
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
snow-white
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
Spain
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
SPANISH
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
spear-grass
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
splashing
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
STALKING-HORSE
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
stands
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
subaquatic
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
subsistence
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
swim
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
SYSTEM
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From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
tasteless
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SPANISH SYSTEM OF FOWLING THE "CABRESTO" OR STALKING-HORSE Spain is a land of flocks and herds, of breeders and graziers.
There
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
ThroughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
ticks
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
unsuspected
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
up
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
vegas
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
view
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From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
warbles
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
watery
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
wild-bred
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
wildernesses
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
wildest
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From this reading At the head of the scale stands the fighting-bull, monarch of the richest _vegas_; at the opposite extreme come the shaggy little ponies and brood-mares that eke out a feral and precarious subsistence in the wildest regions.
wildfowl
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From this reading There they live, splashing in the shadows, heads half-immersed as they pull up subaquatic herbage; on the back of one rides perched a snow-white egret, on another a couple of magpies, preying on ticks or warbles, while all around swim wildfowl that scarce deign to move aside.
wiry
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From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Throughout the marismas hardy beasts with wild-bred progeny on which no human hand has ever laid, abound, grazing knee-deep in watery wildernesses where tasteless reed or wiry spear-grass afford a bare subsistence.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading No fowler could view such a scene without perceiving that approach to the wildfowl might be effected under cover of these unsuspected ponies.
