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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 BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Anderson
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
approaching
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Barkley's
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
blanket
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
BUSINESS
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
came
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
camp
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
carpet
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
charred
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
chided
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
conscious
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
consciousness
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Dan
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
day
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
deep
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Describing
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
DESIRE
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
dreams
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
dribbling
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
dwelt
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
ends
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
face
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
fairest
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
Fate
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
feet
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
gotten
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
HEART'S
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
how
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he looked up.
looking
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Maid
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Man
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
merely
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Method
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
more
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
mountain
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
needles
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
night
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
now
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
once
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
Osby
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Osby's
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
pine
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
pinon
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Porter
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
preoccupation
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
reveries
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
roll
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
sat
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
see
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
seen
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From this reading It was to see the face that had dwelt in his dreams by night, his reveries by day, the face that he had seen but now--the "face that was the fairest"!
shuffle
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
side
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
smoke
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
sound
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From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
staring
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
sticks
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
stupid
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
Then
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From this reading Then he looked up.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Tom
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
unreadiness
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From this reading He sat stupid, staring, conscious that Fate had chided him once more for his unreadiness.
up
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From this reading Then he looked up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
Way
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From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BUSINESS AT HEART'S DESIRE _This Describing Porter Barkley's Method with a Man, and Tom Osby's Way with a Maid_ Dan Anderson sat for a long time on his blanket roll, looking at the dribbling smoke from the ends of the charred pinon sticks.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So deep was his preoccupation that he did not at first hear the shuffle of feet approaching over the carpet of pine needles; and when the sound came to his consciousness, he wondered merely how Tom Osby had gotten around the camp and come in on that side of the mountain.
