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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 THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
account
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
aggregation
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
Battered
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
bed
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
breakfast
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
brotherhood
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
café-au-lait
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
caterer
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
cattle-rustler's
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
cells
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
citizens
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
clanging
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
coming
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
corridor
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
cowedverbUS /kaʊd/
made afraid or less confident
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
crept
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
Dalhart
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
dared
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
day
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
deprecatingly
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
dinner
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
dispensed
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
down
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
déjeuner
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
early
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
engaged
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
entertainment
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
events
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
exceptional
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
eye
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
FACT
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
four
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From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
French
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From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
gates
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
Geronimo
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
glanced
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
going
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
hand
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
hard-looking
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
hour
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From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
initiation
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
interlocking
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
jail
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
kangarooing
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
late
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From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
man
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
mercy
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
nine
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
only
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
otherwise
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
out
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
OutsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
Pecos
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
prisoners
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
promptly
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From this reading On account of the caterer being otherwise engaged in the early morning the _café-au-lait_ in bed was dispensed with and _déjeuner_ served promptly at nine.
put
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
REVOLUTION
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
Rubes
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
scowling
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
served
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From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
slunk
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
spirit
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
strap
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
there
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
two
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
up
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From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
visage
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
wash
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From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE REVOLUTION IN FACT Outside of the kangarooing of Rubes, the coming and going of prisoners, and such exceptional entertainment as that put up by Pecos Dalhart upon his initiation into the brotherhood, there were only two events a day in the Geronimo jail—breakfast and dinner.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was a hard-looking aggregation of citizens that crept out of their cells at the clanging of the interlocking gates and there was not a man among them who dared look Pecos in the eye as they slunk down the corridor to wash.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Breakfast, as with the French, was served late, and dinner at the hour of four.
written
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From this reading Battered in body and cowed in spirit they glanced up at him deprecatingly as he stood with the strap in his hand, and there was no mercy written in the cattle-rustler's scowling visage.
