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Dill was silent as if he hated to answer, and Barton had a cold, sick feeling of apprehension. | had | {
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`` He 's in Morgan 's Ferry ''. | 's | {
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Barton half straightened in surprise. | straightened | {
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`` What 's he doing there ''? | doing | {
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Again Dill hesitated. | hesitated | {
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`` Dealing faro ''. | Dealing | {
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`` Dealing faro? | Dealing | {
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`` Your sister-in-law has the faro bank in Cap Ayres ' saloon ''. | has | {
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Barton cursed under his breath. | cursed | {
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After another long pause he asked, `` How many people know who they are ''? | asked | {
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After another long pause he asked, `` How many people know who they are ''? | know | {
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After another long pause he asked, `` How many people know who they are ''? | are | {
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Your cousin Finley saw to that. | saw | {
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He 's quite a rat, you know. | 's | {
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He 's quite a rat, you know. | know | {
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He sold out to Kruger 's men. | sold out | {
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He 's informed them of everything you 've ever written him. | informed | {
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He 's informed them of everything you 've ever written him. | written | {
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He wants your ranch ''. | wants | {
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Barton stood up. | stood up | {
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He said tensely, `` All right. | said | {
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Let 's go get the boy ''. | go | {
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Let 's go get the boy ''. | get | {
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Dill had come up also. | come up | {
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`` I was afraid of this. | was | {
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I almost did n't tell you ''. | tell | {
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`` If you had n't I 'd have killed you ''. | killed | {
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Dill 's voice tightened. | tightened | {
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`` But you can n't ride into the Ferry. | ride | {
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That 's what they 'll expect you to do. | 's | {
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That 's what they 'll expect you to do. | expect | {
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That 's what they 'll expect you to do. | do | {
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They 'll be there waiting for you. | be | {
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They 'll be there waiting for you. | waiting | {
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I understand how you feel about the child ''. | understand | {
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I understand how you feel about the child ''. | feel | {
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Barton 's voice was rougher than Dill had ever heard it. | was | {
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Barton 's voice was rougher than Dill had ever heard it. | heard | {
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`` I never saw him. | saw | {
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My wife died in childbirth after I was sent away. | died | {
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My wife died in childbirth after I was sent away. | sent away | {
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`` I can n't leave him there. | leave | {
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Donald Kruger would like nothing better than to hold him as hostage, and I would n't entrust a snake to his tender care. | like | {
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Donald Kruger would like nothing better than to hold him as hostage, and I would n't entrust a snake to his tender care. | hold | {
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Donald Kruger would like nothing better than to hold him as hostage, and I would n't entrust a snake to his tender care. | entrust | {
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I 've got to get the boy. | get | {
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Let 's ride ''. | ride | {
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Barton 's men cut the telegraph wires in half a dozen places, carrying away whole sections to make repairs more difficult. | cut | {
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Barton 's men cut the telegraph wires in half a dozen places, carrying away whole sections to make repairs more difficult. | carrying away | {
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Barton 's men cut the telegraph wires in half a dozen places, carrying away whole sections to make repairs more difficult. | make | {
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It was over an hour before their escape was discovered, but still the news that Barton was free flashed across the central portion of the state. | was | {
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It was over an hour before their escape was discovered, but still the news that Barton was free flashed across the central portion of the state. | discovered | {
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It was over an hour before their escape was discovered, but still the news that Barton was free flashed across the central portion of the state. | was | {
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It was over an hour before their escape was discovered, but still the news that Barton was free flashed across the central portion of the state. | flashed | {
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It reached Donald Kruger in his massive home in Burlingame. | reached | {
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It reached the mines at North San Juan and Bloomfield. | reached | {
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It brought men out of bed and sent them into hurried conferences. | brought | {
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It brought men out of bed and sent them into hurried conferences. | sent | {
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For everyone involved knew that the whole valley was a powder keg, and Mitchell Barton the fuse which could send it into explosive violence. | knew | {
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For everyone involved knew that the whole valley was a powder keg, and Mitchell Barton the fuse which could send it into explosive violence. | was | {
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For everyone involved knew that the whole valley was a powder keg, and Mitchell Barton the fuse which could send it into explosive violence. | send | {
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Creighton Hague sat in his office above the Ione pit. | sat | {
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The office was of logs, four rooms, each heated by an iron stove. | was | {
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The office was of logs, four rooms, each heated by an iron stove. | heated | {
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The building was dwarfed by the scene outside. | dwarfed | {
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There a dozen giant monitors played their seventy-five-foot jets of water against the huge seam of tertiary gravel which was the mountainside. | played | {
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There a dozen giant monitors played their seventy-five-foot jets of water against the huge seam of tertiary gravel which was the mountainside. | was | {
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The gravel was the bed of an ancient river, buckled in some prehistoric upheaval of earth. | was | {
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It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices. | cemented | {
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It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices. | crumpled | {
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It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices. | held | {
"name": "hold",
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It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices. | washed down | {
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"flow freely"
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"flow freely"
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The monitors ran twenty-four hours each day. | ran | {
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] |
Their roar, like the swelling volume of a hundred tornadoes could be heard for miles. | heard | {
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] |
Hague, like all who worked near the pits, was partly deafened from the constant assault against his eardrums. | worked | {
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Hague, like all who worked near the pits, was partly deafened from the constant assault against his eardrums. | was | {
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He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air. | was | {
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He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air. | wearing | {
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Fat showed in loose rolls beneath the shirt. | showed | {
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Ten years older than Mitch Barton, he had clawed his way up from mucker in the pits to manager of the operation. | clawed | {
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He was proud of his accomplishments, proud of his job, proud that Donald Kruger and his associates trusted him. | was | {
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He was proud of his accomplishments, proud of his job, proud that Donald Kruger and his associates trusted him. | trusted | {
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He lived and breathed for the mining company. | lived | {
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He lived and breathed for the mining company. | breathed | {
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] |
No man could have reached his spot nor held it without being ruthless, and Hague had made a virtue of ruthlessness all of his life. | reached | {
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"to gain with effort"
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"reach%2:41:00::"
] |
No man could have reached his spot nor held it without being ruthless, and Hague had made a virtue of ruthlessness all of his life. | held | {
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"the act of grasping",
"understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something",
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] |
No man could have reached his spot nor held it without being ruthless, and Hague had made a virtue of ruthlessness all of his life. | being | {
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No man could have reached his spot nor held it without being ruthless, and Hague had made a virtue of ruthlessness all of his life. | made | {
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"a recognizable kind",
"the act of mixing cards haphazardly",
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"make%2:30:00::"
] |
There came a ghost of noise at the office door and Hague swung to see Kodyke in the entrance from the outer room. | came | {
"name": "come",
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"move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody",
"reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress",
"come to pass; arriv... | [
"come to pass; arrive, as in due course"
] | [
"come%2:30:01::"
] |
There came a ghost of noise at the office door and Hague swung to see Kodyke in the entrance from the outer room. | swung | {
"name": "swing_around",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically"
]
} | [
"turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically"
] | [
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] |
There came a ghost of noise at the office door and Hague swung to see Kodyke in the entrance from the outer room. | see | {
"name": "see",
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"the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located",
"perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight",
"perceive (an idea or situation) mentally",
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"perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight"
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"see%2:39:00::"
] |
Hague had never accustomed himself to Kodyke. | accustomed | {
"name": "accustom",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make psychologically or physically used (to something)"
]
} | [
"make psychologically or physically used (to something)"
] | [
"accustom%2:30:00::"
] |
The man was tall, thin, with a narrow face and a too-large nose. | was | {
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"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
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"be%2:42:03::"
] |
The eyes always held Hague, eyes of a dead man, lidless as a lizard 's, with the fixed intensity of a cobra. | held | {
"name": "hold",
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"the act of grasping",
"understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something",
"power by which something or someone is affected or dominated",
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"a state of being confined (usually for ... | [
"keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,"
] | [
"hold%2:42:00::"
] |
Even Hague was repelled by the machinelike deadliness that was Kodyke. | repelled | {
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"cause to move back by force or influence",
"be repellent to; cause aversion in",
"force or drive back",
"reject outright and bluntly",
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"be repellent to; cause aversion in"
] | [
"repel%2:37:00::"
] |
Even Hague was repelled by the machinelike deadliness that was Kodyke. | was | {
"name": "be",
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"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
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"be identical to; be someone or something",
"occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere",
"have an ex... | [
"form or compose"
] | [
"be%2:42:02::"
] |
He knew nothing about the man 's history. | knew | {
"name": "know",
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"the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people",
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about",
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"be aware of the truth of something... | [
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about"
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"know%2:31:01::"
] |
Kodyke had appeared at the mine one day bearing a letter from Kruger. | appeared | {
"name": "appear",
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"give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect",
"come into sight or view",
"be issued or published",
"seem to be true, probable, or apparent",
"come into being or existence, or appear on the scene",
"appear as a character on stage... | [
"come into sight or view"
] | [
"appear%2:30:00::"
] |
Kodyke had appeared at the mine one day bearing a letter from Kruger. | bearing | {
"name": "bear",
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"massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws",
"an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price",
"have",
"cau... | [
"move while holding up or supporting"
] | [
"bear%2:35:00::"
] |
Kodyke was to head the dread company police. | head | {
"name": "head",
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"the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains",
"a single domestic animal",
"that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason",
"a person who is in cha... | [
"be in charge of"
] | [
"head%2:41:00::"
] |
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