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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 From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
bank
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From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
Bar
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
Bear
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
bunch
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
Butte
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
camped
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
clumps
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
coming
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
downhill
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
Eagle
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
ears
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
edge
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From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
erect
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
fall
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
flat
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
foothills
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
groves
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
heads
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
herds
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
high
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From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
horizon
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
hours
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
just
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
lay
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
lifted
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
lovely
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
M
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
matter
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
meadow
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
Mountains
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
natural
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
Paw
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
plains
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
poplars
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
ready
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
riders
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
riding
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
ringed
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
Robin
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From this reading Robin himself drew up on the edge of the high bank to have a look.
Robin's
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
round-up
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
round-ups
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
run
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
saddle
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
scattered
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
seen
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
ShadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
sight
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
slopes
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
spot
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
string
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
Sutherland
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
sweeping
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
three
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
timbered
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
trail
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
up
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From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
vanishing
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From this reading He had seen round-ups sweeping the plains, trail herds coming up from one horizon and vanishing below another ever since he could remember.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robin’s string, heads up and ears erect at sight of the saddle bunch scattered on the flat, went downhill on the run.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
willows
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From this reading The round-up was camped under the Butte itself on a natural meadow in Little Eagle, a lovely spot ringed about by groves of poplars and clumps of willows, just where the foothills lifted sharply to the timbered slopes of the Bear Paw Mountains.
work
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From this reading From the Bar M Bar to Shadow Butte, where the Sutherland riders lay ready to start the fall work, was a matter of three hours’ riding.
