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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 The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
Arab
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
belief
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
blew
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
breath
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
breeze
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
called
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
came
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
caught
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
chestnut
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
coming
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
coolness
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
corral
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
desert
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
down
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
Eagles
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
enchanting
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
evergreen
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
eyes
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
far-off
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
far-seeing
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
feed
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
fields
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
flash
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
foal
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
foothills
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
gathered
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
give
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
halted
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
head
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
horizon
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
Jordan
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
Just
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
lay
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
league
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
lifted
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
looks
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
love
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
man
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
mane
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
mare
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
Marianne
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
master
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
mountains
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
out
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
perfection
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From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
pleasure
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
pony
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
raised
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
real
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
Says
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
scents
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
Sheik
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
slopes
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
stallion
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
tail
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
things
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading For she had caught from the chestnut in the corral one flash of perfection and those far-seeing eyes called to mind the Arab belief.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
touch
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
true
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
up
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From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
waiting
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From this reading She is waiting for the coming of a real man, she is waiting for the coming of a true master out of the horizon!"
water
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From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just as his head went up, just as the breeze lifted mane and tail, Marianne Jordan halted her pony and drew in her breath with pleasure.
west
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
wide
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From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Says the Sheik: "I have raised my mare from a foal, and out of love for me she will lay down her life; but when I come out to her in the morning, when I feed her and give her water, she still looks beyond me and across the desert.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The west wind came over the Eagles, gathered purity from the evergreen slopes of the mountains, blew across the foothills and league wide fields, and came at length to the stallion with a touch of coolness and enchanting scents of far-off things.
