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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 _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
acrost
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
all
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
black
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
Capitan
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
citizen
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
climb
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
county-seat
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
crossed
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
Curly
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
customary
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
Desire
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
divide
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
earth
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
eastward
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
ends
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
eye
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
far
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
favorite
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
foothills
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
full
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
gazed
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
Girl
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
growth
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
hardened
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
Heart's
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
horses
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
Kansas
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
land
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
lofty
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
looks
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
made
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
most
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
nearer
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
noble
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
notable
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
only
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
out
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
Oysters
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
PartnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
partly
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
pausing
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
Pecos
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
perhaps
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
pines
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
place
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
plains
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
reached
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
red-brown
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
rolling
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
said
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
sea
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
searching
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
see
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
shared
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
side
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
situation
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
some
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
speculative
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
States
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
Story
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
stretched
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
stunted
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
summit
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
tarrying
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
top
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
trail
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
travellers
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
turn
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
ultimate
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
up
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
utter
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From this reading We could not see even so far as the Pecos, though it seemed from our lofty situation that we looked quite to the ultimate, searching the utter ends of all the earth.
vague
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
vast
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From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
view-point
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
views
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From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was a favorite pausing place of all travellers between the county-seat and Heart's Desire; partly because it was a summit reached only after a long climb from either side of the divide; partly, perhaps, because it was a notable view-point in a land full of noble views.
ways
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From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _This being in Part the Story of Curly, the Can of Oysters, and the Girl from Kansas_ "It looks a long ways acrost from here to the States," said Curly, as we pulled up our horses at the top of the Capitan divide.
west
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From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Again, it may have been a customary tarrying point because of some vague feeling shared by most travellers who crossed this trail,--the same feeling which made Curly, hardened citizen as he was of the land west of the Pecos, turn a speculative eye eastward across the plains.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We gazed out over a vast, rolling sea of red-brown earth which stretched far beyond and below the nearer foothills, black with their growth of stunted pines.
