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1926
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
abruptly
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
animal
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
back
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
Bad
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
Bertrand
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From this reading By Bertrand W. Sinclair.
Birch
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
bordering
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Bertrand W. Sinclair.
came
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
cattle
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
Chase
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
cigarette
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
confusion
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
country
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
Creek
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
dots
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
down
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
ears
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
ended
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
eye
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
far
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
flats
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
gallop
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
grassy
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
groups
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
head
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
Hill
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
hollow
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
hoofs
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
horse
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
horses
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
hundred
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
jumped
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
land
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
Lands
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
made
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
March
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
marked
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
motion
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
near
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
out
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
Published
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
ridges
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
Robin
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
roll
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
saddle
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
sagebrush
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
sat
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
saw
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
seeking
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
sidewise
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
Sinclair
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From this reading By Bertrand W. Sinclair.
single
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
spur
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
spurs
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
stare
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
sunrise
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
touch
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
trampling
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
turn
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From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
Tyler
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From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
up
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
W
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From this reading By Bertrand W. Sinclair.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As his eye marked single dots and groups of dots that were cattle and horses at rest and in motion, both near and far, a trampling of hoofs in a hollow below made his head turn sharply.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Published March, 1926 Where a long spur of Chase Hill pitched down to the broken land bordering on Birch Creek, Robin Tyler came on what he had been seeking since sunrise.
wide
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From this reading He pulled up his horse, sat sidewise in his saddle to roll a cigarette, to stare over the country, out over the wide roll of grassy ridges and sagebrush flats that ended abruptly in the confusion of the Bad Lands.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
yards
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From this reading He saw within a hundred yards the back and head and ears of a single animal and jumped his horse into a gallop with a touch of the spurs.
