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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 To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
all
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
apparent
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From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
buildings
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
California
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
cattle
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
chance
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
days
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
delightful
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
eager
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
East
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
estate
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
exceptions
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From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
farmers
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
farms
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
few
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
game
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
going
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
gone
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
group
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
haunted
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
hills
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
hospitable
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
intents
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
large
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
like
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
many
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
men
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
month
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
NEW
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
OLD
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
past
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
pour
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
purposes
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
ranch
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
ranching
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From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
rate
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
real
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
remain
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
single
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
small
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
spite
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From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
stand
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From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
statement
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From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
subdivide
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
supporting
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
swarm
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From this reading About the large tracts swarm real estate men, eager for the chance to subdivide into small farms--and the small farmers pour in from the East at the rate of a thousand a month.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
there
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But in spite of these apparent exceptions, my first statement must stand.
thousand
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE NEW AND THE OLD The old ranching days of California are to all intents and purposes past and gone.
tracts
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
undivided
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
very
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
wander
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From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To be sure there remain many large tracts supporting a single group of ranch buildings, and over which the cattle wander "on a thousand hills."
write
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From this reading There are even a few, a very few--like the ranch of which I am going to write--that are still undivided, still game haunted, still hospitable, still delightful.
