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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 She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
appeared
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
baleful
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
bluffadjectiveUS /blʌf/
direct and plain-spoken in manner, sometimes seeming rough
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
brains
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
breath
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
carry
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From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
coarse
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
death
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
destruction
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
directed
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
door
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
end
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From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
enemies
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
eyes
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
felt
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
gang
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
Geronimo
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
Hall
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
hatred
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
head
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From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
HONOR
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
husband's
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
identify
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
Isham
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
jail
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
laid
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
lived
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
loud
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
man-trap
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
McIVORS
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
Miz
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
net
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
out
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From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
pale
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
positively
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
proven
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
put
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
raises
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
rattlesnake's
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
rough
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
safe
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
Scarborough
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
soon
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
strike
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
suspected
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
swore
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
talk
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
there
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From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
up
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
violence
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
warrant
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From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
ways
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She appeared at his cell door, to positively identify him before she swore out a warrant against him; and the look in her pale eyes was as baleful as a rattlesnake's when it raises its head to strike.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She it was who had laid the man-trap at Geronimo, to net the last of her husband's enemies; and though Hall was in jail and so safe from open violence, even there he felt the breath of her hatred.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And, since she was its head, the gang still lived on, to carry out her will to the end.
work
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From this reading Isham had put up the bluff, the loud talk and the rough work, but she had done the thinking which had directed his coarse violence along the ways of destruction and death.
Zoolah
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From this reading THE HONOR OF THE McIVORS Isham Scarborough was dead but the Scarborough gang still lived, and soon what had long been suspected was proven--Miz Zoolah had been its brains.
