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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 If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
a-smoking
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
associated
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
BETWEENprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
brakes
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
buried
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
came
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
Charley
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closed
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
conspiracy
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
demand
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
down
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
encountered
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everywhere
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
form
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
FRIENDS
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
gain
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
George
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gun-plays
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
hidden
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
hole
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
Holman
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homicide
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
hospital
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
illusion
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
immediately
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
keeps
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
Keno
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
litigation
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
madness
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main
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
mania
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marked
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
men
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middle
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
million
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
mines
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more
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
mystery
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Neck
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
offered
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
Old
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
out
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
owned
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possession
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
rather
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
refuse
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
return
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
road
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
run
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
scented
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
see
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
silently
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
starve
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
stay
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
stepped
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
Stiff
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
street
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
ten
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
ten-foot
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From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
tendency
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
then
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
threw
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
throttle
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
town
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
treasure
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
up
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From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading So, upon his return from a short stay in the hospital he came up the main street silently, then stepped on the throttle and went through town a-smoking.
waiting
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From this reading But the Widow was out waiting for him in the middle of the road and, rather than run her down, he threw on both brakes and stopped.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
wealth
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
West
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From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
Widow
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
Wiley
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From this reading BETWEEN FRIENDS The madness of the Widow and Old Charley and Stiff Neck George was no mystery to Wiley Holman--it was the same form of mania which he encountered everywhere when he went to see men who owned mines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was the illusion of hidden wealth, of buried treasure, which keeps half the mines in the West closed down and half of the rest in litigation; except that in Keno it seemed to be associated with gun-plays and a marked tendency towards homicide.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If he offered them a million for a ten-foot hole they would refuse it and demand ten million more, and if he offered them nothing they immediately scented a conspiracy to starve them out and gain possession of their mine.
