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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
back
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From this reading “We’ve got to get back.
boys
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
breaking
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
bunches
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
camp
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
commanded
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
DALHART
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
DECLARES
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
disheartened
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
four
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
get
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From this reading “We’ve got to get back.
got
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From this reading “We’ve got to get back.
holding
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
Jeem
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From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
man
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From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
MR
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From this reading MR.
Nabours
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
old
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From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
OURdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
Sanchez
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
Seguro
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From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
Señor
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From this reading “_Seguro_, Señor Jeem,” replied the old man.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
tense
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
thataway
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
three
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From this reading The boys are holding three or four bunches over thataway.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ve got to get back.
way
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From this reading DALHART DECLARES “ON OUR way, Sanchez!” commanded Nabours, breaking the tense silence of the disheartened camp.
We've
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From this reading “We’ve got to get back.