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Chapter IX
THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low. Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally. “We bed on the slope, yon. Let ’em water full.” As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let ’em water full.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.”
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading “Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.”
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
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From this reading “We bed on the slope, yon.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
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From this reading Let ’em water full.”
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From this reading Let ’em water full.”
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let ’em water full.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading Nabours rode back, addressing his point men impersonally.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading “We bed on the slope, yon.
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From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
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From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading THE COURT ON THE TRAIL THE sun swung low.
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From this reading As the cattle quenched their thirst the men quietly pressed them to the left of the route, urging them one side, blocking further progress.
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From this reading Let ’em water full.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We bed on the slope, yon.
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From this reading “We bed on the slope, yon.
