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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 At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
a-runnin
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From this reading Come a-runnin'!"
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
Angevine
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
back
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
beards
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From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
boss
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
branding
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From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
came
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
coals
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
coffee
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come a-runnin'!"
contemplating
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
cook
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
cowboys
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
cup
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
Dalhart
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
day's
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
dirt
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From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
dust
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
EYE
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
faces
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From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
fell
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
fire
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
furtively
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
glanced
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
grabbed
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
Grub
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
hammered
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
hungry
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
iron-faced
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
KING
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
landscape
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
MAVERICK
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
mean
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
northern
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
off
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
pass
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
Pecos
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
pile
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
piled
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
plate
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
punchers
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
riding
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
rode
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
round-up
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
sat
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
side
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
sign
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
smeared
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From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
stringing
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
talking
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
Thorne
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
tin
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
turn
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
up
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They came, with the dirt of the branding still on their faces and beards and their hands smeared with blood.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
wolves
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From this reading GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING Angevine Thorne was still talking mean about his boss when the cowboys came stringing back from their day's riding, hungry as wolves.
wood
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
word
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From this reading Each in turn glanced furtively at Pecos Dalhart, who sat off at one side contemplating the landscape, grabbed a plate and coffee cup and fell to without a word.
yelled
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From this reading At the first dust sign in the northern pass the round-up cook had piled wood on the fire to make coals and as the iron-faced punchers rode up he hammered on a tin plate and yelled:— "Grub pile!
