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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 Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
ahead
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
alarm
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED.
approaching
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
became
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
bent
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
Bill
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
Buffalo
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
CAPTURED
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From this reading SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED.
caution
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
difficult
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
down
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
eyes
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
far
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
follow
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
gave
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
glade
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From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
head
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
hills
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
Indians
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
jump
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
lack
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
lost
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
much
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
Nebuchadnezzar
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
Night
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
place
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From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
produced
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From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
quick
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
Redskin
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
ridden
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
rock
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From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
rolling
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
Rovers
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
scout
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
searching
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
stampede
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
SURROUNDED
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From this reading SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
trail
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From this reading The trail of the Redskin Rovers became difficult to follow in the hills, and Buffalo Bill lost much time.
tried
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
up
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From this reading The scout had ridden into it, with head bent down and eyes searching the trail, when Nebuchadnezzar gave a quick jump of alarm, and with head up and eyes rolling in alarm, tried to stampede.
walls
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From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Night was approaching, and he had the feeling that the Indians were far ahead of him, a feeling which produced a lack of caution, when he suddenly found himself surrounded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The place was a little glade in the hills, with rock walls about it.
