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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 THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
all
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From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
bluffs
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
broad
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
came
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
Chapuli
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
cliffs
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close
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
color
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
couldn't
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
cow
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
cowmen
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
Creede
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
crept
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
CROSSING
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
crouched
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
dainty
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
dashed
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
deep
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
down
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
echoes
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
eh
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
end
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
fighters
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
flash
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
flying
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
greeting
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
grin
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
hammered
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
hand
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
hardly
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
Hardy
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
Hello
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
hoofs
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
horses
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
Indian
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
Jeff
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
keep
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
Lookout
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
loopholenounUS /ˈloophole/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
lost
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
malpai
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
motionedverbUS /ˈmoʊʃənd/
made a gesture telling someone to move or come closer
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
out
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
pattering
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
place
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
plunged
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
PointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
ponies
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
rampart
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
ravine
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
rifle
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
rim
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
river
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
rocks
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
rush
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
said
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
side
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From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
some
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From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
sport
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From this reading "Hello, sport," he said, "couldn't keep out of it, eh?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As Hardy crept in from behind, Jeff Creede motioned him to a place at his side greeting him at the same time with a broad grin.
top
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
trail
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
trees
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
up
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From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
Well
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From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The cowmen had left their horses in the deep ravine at the end of the _malpai_ bluffs and were already crouched behind the rampart of the rim rocks as close as Indian fighters, each by some loophole in the blackened _malpai_, with a rifle in his hand.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LAST CROSSING The rush and thunder of cow ponies as they hammered over the trail and plunged down through the rocks and trees had hardly lost its echoes in the cliffs when, with a flash of color and a dainty pattering of hoofs, Chapuli came flying over the top of Lookout Point and dashed up the river after them.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Well, we need ye, all right.
