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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 ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Absent
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
alkali
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Ananias
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
antelope
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
back
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
beautiful
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
bigness
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Bonito
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
Bonitos
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
canon
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
cattle
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
climbed
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
communicated
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
courage
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Curly
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
day
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
defiles
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
DESIRE
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
down
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
ears
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
end
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
errand
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
far
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
gait
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
Gentle
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
head
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
HEART'S
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
hopefulness
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
hopelessly
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
horse
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
hotel
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
indomitableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndəˈmɑtəbəl/
impossible to defeat or discourage
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
Knight
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
known
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
Lady
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
lay
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
lightened
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
loped
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
mad
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
messenger
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
miles
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
more
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
mountains
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
night
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
Nogales
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
only
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
own
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
paths
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
Pinto
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
plain
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
Pleasing
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
pursued
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
queen
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
reached
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
Recountal
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
rein
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
ROMANCE
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Sacramentos
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
Sky
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
southward
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
spur
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
Spurs
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
steady
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
steed
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
steep
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
surly
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
swept
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
swung
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
then
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
thieves
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
Top
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
touch
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
trail
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
travel
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
traversed
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
twenty-five
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
two
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From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
unapproachable
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From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
up
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
valley
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From this reading At last they swung down into the beautiful valley of the Bonito, and thence in the night far to the southward, until at length they reached the defiles of the Sacramentos.
way
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
wear
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
weary
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From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The two swept down the long canon from Heart's Desire, traversed for twenty-five miles the alkali plain below, and climbed then the Nogales and the Bonitos, over paths known only to cattle thieves and those who pursued them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ROMANCE AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Pleasing Recountal of an Absent Knight, a Gentle Lady, and an Ananias with Spurs_ Long and weary miles lay before Curly, messenger to the queen, but the bigness of his errand lightened the way, and his own courage and hopefulness communicated themselves to his steed.
worse
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From this reading They pulled up after more than a day and a night of travel, weary but not hopelessly the worse for wear, at the end of the steep trail up the mountains to the Sky Top hotel.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The mad horse, Pinto, indomitable, unapproachable, loped along with head down and ears back, surly at touch of rein or spur, yet steady in his gait as an antelope.
