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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 home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
almost
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
America
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
appeared
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
arm
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
away
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
betimes
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
breeding
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
buildings
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
Burleson
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
cactuses
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
coming
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
contours
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
corner
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
day
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
fall
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
fire
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
folk
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
FOOTnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
full
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
Grande
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
green
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
grove
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
hand
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
holdings
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
home
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
indolent
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
knew
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
known
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
lake
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
land
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
landscape
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
lax
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
lay
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
led
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
lines
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
little-known
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
live-oak
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
Lockhart
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
mesquite
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
miles
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
most
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
now
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
opening
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
opposite
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
originally
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
ran
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
range
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
rested
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
Rio
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
rolling
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
showed
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
showing
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
side
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
Six
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
somber
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
south
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
Southwest
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
Spain
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From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
spring
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
stream
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
stretching
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
sun-drenched
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
tall
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
thorny
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
TRAIL
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
tree
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
trees
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
twisted
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From this reading This side and that ran miles of mesquite, stretching south, tall cactuses showing betimes among the twisted thorny trees.
up
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From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
warm
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From this reading THE FOOT OF THE TRAIL THE sun-drenched landscape of the Southwest lay warm, indolent, full of somber fire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It was a little-known corner of America, in what one day was to be known as the great breeding range, last of the holdings above the Rio Grande to fall from the lax hand of Spain.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Six miles away the tree lines showed a stream, and beyond that, as most folk knew, lay the great lake which originally had led Burleson Lockhart to take up this range.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
wide
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From this reading The home buildings rested in the arm of a great live-oak grove, opposite whose opening appeared a wide land of rolling contours, now almost in the thin green of coming spring.
