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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 It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
ACROSSprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
Archie
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
Bar
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
barren
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
Buckskin
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
cattleman's
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
cedars
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
chickens
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
clear
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
cold
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
day
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
DESERT
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
desolation
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
down
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
dropped
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
drove
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
Ferry
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
few
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
foreman
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
forest
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
forget
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
friendly
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
fruit
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
garden
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
gave
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
greasewood
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
grim
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
helped
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
helpful
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
horses
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
hospitality
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
keep
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
land
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
lead
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
Lee's
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
lent
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
lived
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
loose
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
man
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
met
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
Mountain
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
mountainside
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
NAVAJO
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
Nick
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
noon
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
northern
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
pack-animals
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
people
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
pine
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
pinyons
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
plain
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
riders
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
sage-brush
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
sand
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
scattered
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
shoe
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
showed
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
side
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
slopes
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
soon
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
spaces
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
spirit
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
sprawling
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
springs
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
spruce
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From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
summit
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
taking
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
tall
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
trail
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
treeless
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
trees
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From this reading At noon of the first day we had come down the mountainside, from the tall northern forest trees at the summit, through the scattered, sprawling pinyons and cedars of the side slopes, to the barren, treeless plain of sand and sage-brush and greasewood.
trip
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
true
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
two
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
usually
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From this reading We drove the pack-animals and loose horses, usually one of us taking the lead to keep the trail.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT We dropped down from Buckskin Mountain, from the land of the pine and spruce and of cold, clear springs, into the grim desolation of the desert.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
wide
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From this reading It was a land of wide spaces and few people, but those few we met were so friendly and helpful that we shall not soon forget them.
wife
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
Z
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From this reading The foreman of the Bar Z had lent us two horses for our trip, in true cattleman's spirit; another Bar Z man, who with his wife lived at Lee's Ferry, showed us every hospitality, and gave us fruit from his garden, and chickens; and two of the Bar Z riders helped Archie and Nick shoe one of our horses.
