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Chapter XIV
“Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged. I was hoping you would. But I didn’t like to ask.” Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him. That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.”
later than; following
From this reading “Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I was hoping you would.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
later than; following
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading But I didn’t like to ask.”
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From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I didn’t like to ask.”
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading But I didn’t like to ask.”
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading I was hoping you would.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was hoping you would.
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From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
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From this reading But I didn’t like to ask.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
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From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
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From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
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From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Boys,” said Ranse, “I’m much obliged.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I didn’t like to ask.”
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From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was hoping you would.
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From this reading That was merely their way of gently awaking their victim.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I was hoping you would.
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From this reading Half a dozen six-shooters began to pop—awful yells rent the air—Long Collins galloped wildly across Curly’s bed, dragging the saddle after him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I was hoping you would.
