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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 Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
any
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
Author
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
bald
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
ball
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
beard
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
billiard
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
bows
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
brown
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
Bull
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
cabin
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
cards
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
Creek
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
earnest
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
emaciation
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
etc
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
face
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
fastened
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
fat
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
feet
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At the present time he wore the ribbon around his neck for safety.
gave
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
glasses
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
group
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
head
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
Horse
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
impression
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
incongruous
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
kerosene
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
lamp
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
light
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
looking
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
luxuriant
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
Magpie
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
Magpie's
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
man
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
medium
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
Missoula
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
Movement
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
mustache
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
neck
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From this reading At the present time he wore the ribbon around his neck for safety.
Nightbear
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
old
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
only
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
optician
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
outdoor
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
pair
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
person
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
pine
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
pitch
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
played
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
present
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From this reading At the present time he wore the ribbon around his neck for safety.
purchased
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
ribbon
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
rough
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
rug
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
safety
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From this reading At the present time he wore the ribbon around his neck for safety.
sans
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
sat
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
scholarnounUS /ˈskɒl.ər/
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
second
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
silk
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
Simpkins
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
Simpkins's
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
six
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
Sleeping
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
slender
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
smoky
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
solicitation
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
table
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
Tellurium
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
there
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
trio
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
two
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
walrus-like
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From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
wide
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From this reading Magpie had been to Missoula a short time before and at the earnest solicitation of an optician had purchased a pair of glasses, sans bows, which he fastened to his person through the medium of a wide silk ribbon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Magpie Simpkins, six feet two, slender to the point of emaciation, with the face of a scholar above his walrus-like mustache, sat there peering at his cards through the only pair of glasses on Sleeping Creek.
Woods
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From this reading Tellurium Woods, the second of the trio, was as fat as any outdoor man could ever expect to be, and his bald head and luxuriant brown beard gave one the impression of looking at a billiard ball on a rug.
wore
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From this reading At the present time he wore the ribbon around his neck for safety.
Yellow
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From this reading Author of “Magpie’s Nightbear,” “A Bull Movement in Yellow Horse,” etc. It was an incongruous group that sat around the rough pine table in Magpie Simpkins’s cabin, and played pitch by the light of an old smoky kerosene lamp.
