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7
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
alkali
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From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
back
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
Bad
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From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
Bar
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
bed
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From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
Birch
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
bottom
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
camp
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
Cold
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
Creek
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
dark
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
deep
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
eastward
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
evening
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
few
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
flash
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
gear
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
grew
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
gulches
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
heads
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
heat
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
hell
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
J
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
jack
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
jaws
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
Lands
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From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
lay
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From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
like
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
made
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
mere
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From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
patches
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
pine
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
Robin
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
rustler's
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
S's
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
sage-floored
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From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
saw
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
shock
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
sight
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
silver
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
spotted
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
Spring
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
stretch
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From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
surprise
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
swing
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
T
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was like the jaws of hell for heat in that deep, sage-floored bottom.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
thickets
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
torn
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
trickle
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From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
tumbled
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From this reading The Bad Lands lay in a tumbled stretch below.
turned
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From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
valley
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
walls
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From this reading A few thickets of jack pine spotted the valley walls, made dark patches about the heads of those torn gulches.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Birch Creek was a mere trickle in its alkali bed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The J7 took a short swing eastward, turned back when T Bar S’s grew scarce, and pitched camp one evening on Birch Creek below Cold Spring within sight of where Robin first saw with a shock of surprise the flash of silver on a rustler’s gear.
