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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 _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
almost
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
Author
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
Avenue
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
back
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
beard
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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Bergwyn
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Bosnian
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break
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
brewing
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
Carlist
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
carried
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
Chase
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Chris
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
chuckle
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From this reading The report of the rifle stopped the chuckle on my lips.
chuckling
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
clasped
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
Colorado
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
colour
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
costume
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
Courier
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
Crown
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
Czar
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
dandies
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
days
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
dirty
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
dress
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
enough
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
etc
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
F
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face
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
Fifth
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financier
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finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
flat
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
FortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
glorious
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
Gravenje
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
growl
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
growth
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
head
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
hills
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
huge
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
idea
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InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
just
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kind
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
lazily
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
lips
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From this reading The report of the rifle stopped the chuckle on my lips.
Love
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
low
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
lying
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
men
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
millionaire
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
mine-owner
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miner's
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
NamenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
native
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
nondescript
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
nose
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
peasant's
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
play
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
prospecting
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
raised
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
report
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From this reading The report of the rifle stopped the chuckle on my lips.
rifle
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
rough
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
Sarita
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
scrubby
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
seen
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
shot
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
somewhere
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
speculated
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The report of the rifle stopped the chuckle on my lips.
storm
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
Street
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
sun-tanned
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
sunset
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
ten
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
then
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
thrust
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
times
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
vagabondising
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
very
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
Wall
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From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
warning
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
watched
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From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I had just been chuckling at the idea of what the men in Wall Street or the dandies of Fifth Avenue would have thought of Chase F. Bergwyn, millionaire, mine-owner, and financier, could they have seen me then vagabondising in the Bosnian hills.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
Woman
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From this reading _Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc._ It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
work
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From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading My dress was a kind of nondescript native costume, half peasant’s, half miner’s, very dirty and worn with my rough prospecting work; and I carried a ten days’ growth of scrubby beard on my sun-tanned face.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills--where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado--and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.
