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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 For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
afraid
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From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
Angella
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From this reading Angella disdained to answer.
answer
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From this reading Angella disdained to answer.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
back
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
blustering
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
Bull
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From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
calmly
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
coarse
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
cold
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
cool
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
cowman
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
Day
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From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
disdained
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From this reading Angella disdained to answer.
dismounted
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
disparagement
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
doorway
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
down
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
Englishwoman
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
eyes
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
face
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From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
feet
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
fists
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
flat
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
flinching
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
gazed
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
gell
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From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
glance
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
hand
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
head
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
hips
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
Langdon
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From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
Nettie
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From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
rifle
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
seen
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From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
shack
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From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
straight
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
traveled
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
unwavering
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From this reading Her cold, unwavering glance traveled over him, from his flat head down to his great, coarse feet, and back with cool disparagement straight into his flinching eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The Englishwoman stood in the doorway of her shack, rifle in hand, and gazed calmly at the blustering cowman, who had dismounted, and, fists on hips, was standing before her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
woman
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From this reading For the first time in his life Bull Langdon found himself face to face with a woman who was not afraid of him.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You seen anything of that gell, Nettie Day?"
