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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 Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
accepted
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
all
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
attending
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
Block
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
bosses
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
breast
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
brown
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
buildings
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
burned
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
castle
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
change
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
circumstance
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
commotion
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
days
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
desire
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
diligently
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
dreaming
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
enable
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
eyes
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
face
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
feeble
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
feet
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
fire
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
flames
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
flicker
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
flutter
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
functioning
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
grass
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
green
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
grow
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
heart
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
idle
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
King's
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
knoll
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
laid
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
lightning
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
Like
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
love
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
machine
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
made
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
Many
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
men
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
new
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
old
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
only
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
pale
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
propinquity
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
ranch
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
responsibility
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
riders
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
Robin
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
Robin's
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
round-up
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
S
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
set
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
shouldering
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
silently
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
smoldering
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
smoothly
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
sprawling
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
spring
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
Sutherland
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From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
turn
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
two
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
unconscious
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
value
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
various
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From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
wagon
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From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
white
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From this reading Many a time in the next two days did Robin’s eyes turn on the King’s castle, sprawling brown and green and white on its knoll above the ranch buildings.
winds
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From this reading Like a fire that had been smoldering a long time and broken at last into flames under the winds of circumstance, so love burned in his breast, a new love beside which the old one seemed only a pale flicker--something feeble, born of propinquity and unconscious desire.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the Block S riders wondered at the lightning change in wagon bosses they wondered silently and accepted Robin at his face value.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He set his men diligently attending to the various details that would enable the Block S to start the spring round-up as a smoothly functioning machine.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet for all the commotion that made his heart flutter and set him to dreaming whenever his hands were idle, Robin did not let the spring grass grow under his feet in shouldering the new responsibility Sutherland had laid on him.
