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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 pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
all
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
appurtenances
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
aroused
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
arrived
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
Bad
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
basin
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
buffalo
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
Buffler
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
camped
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
clay
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
d'ye
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
drive
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
early
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
evening
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
flies
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
formed
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
grass
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
horses
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
immense
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
lake
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
Lands
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
late
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
luxuriantly
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
miles
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
miniature
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
mirrij
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
MIRROR
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From this reading WONDERFUL MIRROR OF THE PLAIN.
Nomad
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
o
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WONDERFUL MIRROR OF THE PLAIN.
Old
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
out
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
pards
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
place
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
PLAIN
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From this reading WONDERFUL MIRROR OF THE PLAIN.
previous
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
rains
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
reflected
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
resembled
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
scout
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
sky
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
stampede
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
started
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WONDERFUL MIRROR OF THE PLAIN.
thet
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From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
thin-haired
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
threatened
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
up
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From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
very
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From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
wallow
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
way
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From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Buffler, what d’ye make out o’ thet mirrij?”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The place resembled an immense “buffalo wallow” and had all the appurtenances in the way of “buffalo flies” which at first threatened to drive the thin-haired horses into a stampede, when the party first arrived late in the afternoon.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The pards had camped the previous evening in a basin in the broken clay of the Bad Lands where the rains had formed a miniature lake, around which grass had started up luxuriantly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Old Nomad had aroused the scout very early to look at the sky, which reflected the plain for miles.
WONDERFULnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WONDERFUL MIRROR OF THE PLAIN.
