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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 WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
additional
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
aside
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From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
Auld
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
bathe
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
bit
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
Bridger
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
Carson
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
cooking
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
corral
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading It was trodden by a hundred feet ere long.
face
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
feet
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From this reading It was trodden by a hundred feet ere long.
fingers
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
fires
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
fumbled
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
grass
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From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
handkerchief
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
heatedly
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
heavy
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
hundred
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From this reading It was trodden by a hundred feet ere long.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
Jackson
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
just
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
knowing
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
Lang
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
Laramie
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
libations
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was trodden by a hundred feet ere long.
MAID
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
MARRIES
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
Molly
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
mother
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
movers
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
nervousness
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
now
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
nugget
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From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
off
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
picked
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
pour
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
requisitioned
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
reunited
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
rock
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
sat
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
soon
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
Syne
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
talking
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
thrifty
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
together
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
tossed
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From this reading After a time she tossed the nugget aside into the grass.
trodden
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From this reading It was trodden by a hundred feet ere long.
up
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
wagon
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From this reading The movers sat around their thrifty cooking fires outside the wagon corral.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
wife
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
Wingate
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From this reading Wingate and his wife were talking heatedly, she in her nervousness not knowing that she fumbled over and over in her fingers the heavy bit of rock which Molly had picked up and which was in her handkerchief when it was requisitioned by her mother to bathe her face just now.
years
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From this reading WHEN A MAID MARRIES Carson, Bridger and Jackson, now reunited after years, must pour additional libations to Auld Lang Syne at Laramie, so soon were off together.
