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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 A TRAGEDY OF THE PLAIN.
almost
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
away
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
back
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
balmy
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
breakfast
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
brush
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
came
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
can't
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
carefully
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
climbed
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
day
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
early
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
east
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
evidence
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
fifty
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
fire
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
fort
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
Gallatin
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
got
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
grazed
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
habitation
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
hand
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
hidden
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
highest
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
horizon
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
how
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
hundred
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
hut
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
Indian
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
lonely
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
men
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
miles
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
Northern
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A TRAGEDY OF THE PLAIN.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
out
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
Pacific
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
pair
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
peacefully
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
perhaps
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
PLAIN
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From this reading A TRAGEDY OF THE PLAIN.
ponies
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
prairie
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
prepare
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
Price
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
ridge
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
rods
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
rolling
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
sag
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
sage
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
said
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From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
scanned
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
shack
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
showed
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
summer
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
surveyors
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From this reading A lonely shack left by Northern Pacific surveyors, on the rolling prairie perhaps one hundred and fifty miles east of Gallatin, showed evidence of habitation in the early morning of a balmy summer day.
Ten
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From this reading Ten rods away, in a sag almost hidden by sage brush, a pair of Indian ponies grazed peacefully.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A TRAGEDY OF THE PLAIN.
then
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
TRAGEDY
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From this reading A TRAGEDY OF THE PLAIN.
Two
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From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two men came out of the hut, climbed the highest ridge at hand, and scanned the horizon carefully, then went back to start a little fire and prepare breakfast.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I can’t understand how you got away from the fort, Price,” said one.
