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1893
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
almost
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
Back
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
bluffs
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
bottoms
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
brink
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
broad
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
camped
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
cold
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
cottonwoods
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
country
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
curving
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
drawn
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
edge
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
fall
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
fringe
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
frost
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
gathered
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
grassy
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
grown
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
high
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
horses
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
impassable
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
lay
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
many
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
mass
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
miles
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
Missouri
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
night
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
places
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From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
ranch
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
river
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
rows
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
shrunken
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
sleeping-bags
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
some
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
steep
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
stretched
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
tall
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
ten
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From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Back of them lay a mass of broken country, in many places almost impassable for horses.
thickly
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
up
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
wagon
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From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
walled
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From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the fall of 1893 I was camped on the Little Missouri, some ten miles below my ranch.
weather
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From this reading The weather had grown cold, and at night the frost gathered thickly on our sleeping-bags.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bottoms were broad and grassy, and were walled in by curving rows of high, steep bluffs.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The wagon was drawn up on the edge of the fringe of tall cottonwoods which stretched along the brink of the shrunken river.
